Show p Personal H Health alth Tooth ir s. s r Missing Requires Immediate mediate Replacement By Dr William Brad Brady A majority of physicians specialists sper- sper and dentists and their patients patients patients pa pa- have little or no conception of the import importance t tance a an n c c of the teeth in promoting promoting promoting ing maintaining and d F Fi a n 11 preserving health good digestion di di- di i g estion general efficiency the c char characteristics h a r s of youth vite good looks happiness happiness hap hap- and long long- hap I They seem to forget if it they Dr Brady ever knew that an important part partI I I of digestion t te conversion cOI of cooked starch into mal maltose ose and i dextrin occurs in the mouth from the action of the salivary diastase I ptyalin This digestive process may continue for from one one- one half alf to toone toone toone one hour after the food has been swallowed swallowed swallowed-as as physiologists now know Of course food washed down own with liquid or food artificially prepared for quick easy wolfing does not digest in the normal normal normal nor nor- mal way but must become an extra extra ex ex- tra burden for pancreatic digestion in the duodenum duodenum and and here I believe believe be be- lieve is one contributing cause of diabetes Effic Efficiency ency of f salivary digestion and consequently of the entire digestive process depends upon good mastication chewing all al vegetable and d grain or or cereal cercal foods thoroughly thoroughly and and d you Just cant can't do that if on one or mote teeth or dentures to replace them are not functioning Chewing ving thoroughly does not imply or any other I extreme or freakish practice but just having a full set of natural or artificial teeth in good functional functional functional condition and using them to digest your our food Another thing which the general general general gen gen- eral run of physicians dentists and people do not seem to understand understand under under- under under-I stand is that the loss of even even a a tooth whether t tooth oth othor or a 30 a ba back k tooth that as many a cripple ripple tries to believe show show inevitably makes one as old as one looks from atrophy of gum mu muscle 1 cle bone structure and ands sagging s of face these face these being manifestations manifestations manifestations mani mani- of the process of de degeneration degeneration degeneration de- de generation which we call premature premature premature prema prema- ture old age ge The only way to pr prevent yent such tell tale wizening or shrinking of the face is by replacing replacing i ing g the missing tooth or teeth as soon soon as possible with suitable dentures den den- tures preferably tures-preferably preferably immediate dentures dentures den den- tures that is plates prepared in ad advance ance and installed immediately after extraction before the patient patient patient pa pa- tient leaves the dentists dentist's office office office- and wearing the dentures if not all the time then at least when eating Copyright 1948 John F. F Dille Co |