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Show SCIENCE NEWS HTh gloomy prophets who foresee a toothless race of men because of th soft diet snd soft living of modern civilization, ar wrong, in th opinion of Dr. Leroy M. 8. Miner, dean of th Harvard Har-vard university dental school. Speaking at the Lowell institute at Boston, Dr. Miner admitted that since man gave up using his teeth aa weapons of tha chase and his Jawa for killing his enemies, his teeth have become smaller through disuse. It is true that eating soft foods which need no energetic chewing or grinding steadily stead-ily reduce ths health and power of Jaws and teeth alike. But we ar not so easily exterminated. Dr. Miner said, calling on history to back him up. It I 128,-000 128,-000 year since Rhodealan man suffered from carles, or dental decay, which threatens us now. That I a long time, but the human race still ha teeth. Consequently, Dr. Miner believes there ta still a fair period of grace within which to circumvent cir-cumvent the enemy, tooth decay. |