Show r I M Mouth uth Infections n The mouth is the great port of entry to to the body Everything Everything to I sustain n life life- mu must t pass through it Even the air w we breathe in in through our mouths leaves its trail o of living germs germs w which i h may de do- develop in the warm warm- fluids of the he mouth i iThe J The healthy mouth is protected by its skin called mucous membrane membrane membrane mem mem- brane which if perfect guards the t tissues and blood bloodstream stream from thc entrance of our infinitely small but living enemies This mouth lining is further protected by a self cleansing device toA to wash injurious germs germ into th the stomach where they may be destroyed de de- str ed by digestion The Tho teeth aro are not guarded in this way and their surfaces become covered cov with a sticky transparent coat This coat cannot be seen until it is stained whereupon it instantly stands out vividly to vi view w. w This coat is made up of living germs held together by material It often contains among many manyi other germs streptococci cap capable ble if admitted to the blood or tissues in sufficient numbers of causing death The places of entrance in the tooth neighborhood are tw two the tile gum margins leading to pyorrhoea pockets and the open cavities in inthe inthe the tooth itself The Th gum margins are frequently injured and ope opened ed to infection An inflammation at an n injured point enlarges the thc openings by ulceration Such inflammation once started is apt to co continue t till the tooth tooth- becomes loose and during this time the body will receive a a. constant supply of infection from growth on the tooth surfaces and growth in in the pockets under the gum The pus formed as a result of the destruction of the tissues by bythe the germs goes partly into the blood and partly partly into into the the stomach stomach b by byway byway Y way of the mouth v The poisonous pus going into the stomach dist disturbs the nechan- nechan mechanism ism t n of digestion perhaps causing dyspepsia thus lessening ones one's str strength and making the body more liable to yield to infection Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member it is easier to stay well than to get well after you are once weak |