Show I rOOD FOOD AND RNO TEETH i I lot lot This i k is th the ninth artl article le on Food d Teeth written by Dr Preston L. L nes The iThe living organic part of the tooth I the pulp which is supplied with ryes and blood vessels This unc n of this important tissue is to ta give cation sat ion and nourishment to the th which means life Like any anyel I hei et el tissue that is nourished by the thed theod theod od d a n tooth has little chance of mtr i if it is deprived of its chief tc of or blood supply That hat is why h it is so necessary as n a as a small cavity appears in in a ah ath I Ith th h to check it by means of a n ang ling flag ng If the small cavity ca is not nat tended Ended to 10 at once the tooth Isme is troublesome The Theay Theay Theay me mod mad to a career ay gradually saps saps saps' the vitality of e pulp endangering the very life the tooth Many lany persons probably under the luence of an older and now naw e school of dentistry are too taa anus an an- us io to hav nerve pulp rued re- re ved ed thinking that by so doing the thein thein then in n will disappear forever But nut this ani only the beginning of more serious uble The tooth so sa deprived reins rems re re- ins ms an easy prey to various changes t occur in the s 's system stem and is very to blood derangements King it a target for lor ulcers or ab ab- ses r Generally speaking a n dead tooth a hazard hazar one can ill afford to car ear around in ones one's mouth and it may come came a very real danger When nerve and blood supply supply- to the th ith structure have been removed ere re is bound to be a process of going on If the system perfect in m condition it may be able eliminate the putrid secretion m this source without apparent ill eels On the other hand if the lity becomes low and the bodily istance weakens there is no t tell tell- ll ing lag what effect a dead tooth carried carried car car- ried around in the mouth mauth will have The pains pain are not roat by any means limited to the jaws and adjacent parts of the face although these are c com com m. m mon man enough such as neuralgia which h hmay may attack the e eye e or ear in id a most most excruciating manner i There are countless numbers of bf f cases cases of bo bodily il ailments aliments rheumatism diseases of the blood liver kidneys heart e c eyes es swelling in the legs ands andl finger linger joint joints even nervous exhaustion tion an and insanity that are due to chronically y infected teeth Dr Henry A A. A Cotton medical di director dl rector of the New hew Jerse Jersey State Hospital Hos pital has proven with man many case cases under his care that physical disorders dis dish orders such as infected teeth and tonsils and infections of the stomach and intestines cause more moie insanity than heredity One of the first things Dr Cotton does aes when a called so-called insane patient is brought braught to ta his institution is to examine ex x amine and XRay his teeth and provide provide pro pro- vide radical treatment when the result result re re- re sult suit of the examination shows it tobe tobe to tobe be necessary Oher physical disorders are of course searched for lor and treated treated treat treat- ed when present Either mental aberrations or physical physical phys phys- ical ailments which result from fram in infected in teeth are due to the accumulation tion of toxins poisons in the system which lower lowel the resistance of the theor or organism and assert themselves where here the resistance is is' is weakened If one has a weakness in any part of th bod body it may soon become the seat of serious trouble If there is a predisposition to mental disturbances these disorders may ensue ensul |