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Show CARE OF THE TEETH. Awarded first prizo in Sixth Grado (A) contest: You should always clean your teeth before breakfast and before going to bed. The first set of teoth need coring cor-ing for by a dentist as well as tho second. If the enamel of a tooth is onco broken off nnd it is never replaced the tooth is likely to decay. Biting any hard thing like nuts, opening a knifo blade, with tho teeth or picking tho teeth' with a metal tooth-pick. As soon as a tooth bogins to decay it should be attended to by a dentist. Young peoplo should remembor to chow thoir food well before swallowing it. That is what our teeth aro for. You should keep your tooth brushes in separate holders. Decay of tho teoth is caused from gorms growing on food materials that lodge on and between the teeth. The teeth ought to bo cleaned every time they are used, just as the dishes aro washed after each meal. Whilo you aro cleaning the tooth, wash tongue and gums as well. In cleaning tho teeth brush, them thoroughly, both inside and out, and downward rather than sidewise. Soap and pure water aro the very best things to clean your teeth with. Everybody should have their teeth looked at by a dentist two or threo times a year and havo tho small cavities cav-ities filled. Disease germs from a caso of diph-thoria diph-thoria may spread through a whole school room and causo every child in the room to havo the samo dicoaBo, If proper precaution is not taken. So one decayed tooth may npread enough germs to ruin your full set of teeth. Good tooth raakos good health. WINWE ROCHE. |