| Show TEETH INDEX HEX TO HEALTH that 80 90 per cent ot of tho the population of the united states are suffering from tho effects of decayed teeth was tho the startling sta rUing statement made by dr calderwood of salt lake city before a meeting ot of the parent teachers association held in the commercial club rooms tuesday evening and then the speaker went on to say that because of the very fertile breeding ground which the mouth provides germs from decayed teeth multiply and are taken into the system and very frequently result in serious complications and also because of the laxness in keeping the mouth clean by the cle vigorous use of a tooth brush many individuals lose their perfectly goca teeth dr calderwood condemned in the most vigorous manner the practice of kissing babies on the mouth ire he declared that it is thru this means that germs are conveyed from the mouth of the adult into the perfectly pure and sanitary mouth ot of the infant and the baby has to suffer as a result from babyhood to ta old age one of the absolute essentials to life and happiness is is a mouth as free from disease germs as possible and teeth that are natural and solid by observing the proper rules teeth may be preserved and it if the gaiety could know and fully appreciate the serious results that exist from carelessness in this direction there would be a more general observance of the simple rules of af mouth sanitation than is the case today dr calderwood illustrated his hia remarks with some colored slides and ic fr speaking of the death rate of the nation declared that about 40 per cent of those who die annually die because they either did not take proper care of themselves or else were not given proper care by those responsible tor for their health healt hand and the meeting was also entertained w with ith a musical program rendered by students from the lincoln school |
