Coalville Times | 1900-06-01 | Page 7 | Hints as to the Teeth

Illnla aa to Ilia Teeth. Sound teeth not only add to one's comfort, but they prevent disease. Many diseases of tho eye, ear and cavities cav-ities of tho head nro traceable to unsound un-sound teeth, and thcro Is not a disease to which tbo body Is llabla that It not aggravated by an unhealthy condition of tho teeth. Eyo diseases nro especially espe-cially common as tho results of poor teeth, Theso affections may vary from a slmplo dimness of sight to total blindness, tho symptoms,- however, usually disappearing when tbo teeth are attended to, Poor teeth nro, moreover, more-over, a common cnuso of Indigestion, for good digestion can tnko placo only when the food Is thoroughly mattl-catcd mattl-catcd and this demands sound nnd healthy teelh. Proper care ot tbe teeth during childhood often means prevention preven-tion of much troublo later tn life. A physician desiring to ascertain tho percentage per-centage of children who cared tor their teeth properly, distributed printed slips In a school, having the questions: "Do you elennte your teeth with a brush every duyt" "Do you elennso your teeth with a brush twlco n day?" Of 700 pupil's only fifty cleansed their teeth twice a day, 275 uted tho brush sometimes and 175 did not oven own a brush, I