Show NO TOOTH TOOT i PASTE OR MOUTH l MOUTHWASH MOUTHWASH WASH CAN CURE PYORRHEA The difference between advertising claims and exact statements Is brot out In the following No Xo tooth paste or mouth wash can cure pyorrhea says Dr J. J J J. J Durrett chief of drug control Food and Drug Administration This disease centers deep In the gums and no surface antiseptic antiseptic anti antl- septic used as asa n a gargle wash or spray spra or brushed on the teeth can 7 reach the germs that cause it Some manufacturers assert that their mouth mouthwashes mouthwashes mouthwashes washes and kill certain numbers of bacteria In a given gl time They do not always however make It clear to the layman that the in which heir claims of efficiency effic effic- efficiency lenc are based were carried out In test tubes not in the human mouth This Is important because conditions In n the mouth of ot course course- are quite unlike un un- unlike like those in a n test tube The entrance of f foreign material into Into the mouth starts tarts an immediate flow of saliva dilutes any taken into the oral cavity The concentration of the thc antiseptic in he test tube on the theother theother theother other hand c can can n be definitely ed Although the food and drugs act has over t label declarations declarations declara declara- and statements in circulars accompanying accompanying ac nc- ac- ac companying medicinal products in in packages Doctor Durrett continues it has none over oyer magazine billboard or radio advertising People who suffer suf suf- suffer fer from pyo pyorrhea rhea trench mouth bleeding spongy or receding gums or r similar disorders will save themselves themselves themselves them them- selves disappointments and anel mone money by relying on the label statements rather than on advertisements stating that thata l la a paste or mouth wash will cure ure pyorrhea and amI other diseases of the oral cavity |