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Show TEETH NEED EXTREME CARE Bodily Health of All Descriptions Is Dependent Upon Keeping Them In Condition. Lack of care of tho mouth Is pro-Judicial pro-Judicial to tho health of children as well as adults. A decaying tooth Is always a nienaco, and especially when tho decaying procoss reaches below tho gums, producing ulcerations, pyorrhea, pyor-rhea, etc., which, being difficult of access ac-cess for treatment, nro always to bo regarded as dangerous. Asldo from tho pain and suffering which these diseases of tho teeth pro-duco, pro-duco, tho possibility of direct infection must hot bo overlooked. So-called blood poisoning nnd death havo been frequent results from diseased dis-eased teeth. Somo forms of Inflammatory Inflam-matory rhoumatlsm aro bellovcd to bo caused by tho infection of pyorrhea, and in general tho health Is Injured In proportion as tho teeth aro affected. af-fected. Inflammation of tho lining membranes mem-branes and muscular fibers of tho heart, chronic onlargomontB of tho Joints, ncuto and chronic Inflammation of tho kidneys, tonsilltls, goiter, and oven dlabotos havo all boon traced directly di-rectly to diseased tooth. |