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Show A Hint aa to Iba Tetth. Sound leith not only add to one .comfort, but they prevent dliease. Many diseases of the eye, ear and cavities cav-ities of the head aro traceable to unsound un-sound teeth, and there Is not a disease ' to which the body Is liable that Is not aggravated by an unhealthy condition of the teeth. Kye diseases are especially espe-cially common as the results ot poor teeth. These affections may vary from a simple dimness ot sight to total blindness, tho symptoms, however, ' usually disappearing when the teeth aro attended to. Poor teeth nre.morc-over, nre.morc-over, a common cause of Indigestion, for good digestion can take place only ' when the food la thoroughly masti cated and this demands sound and healthy teeth. Proper caro of the tcetb , ., jl (luring childhood often means proven- ' ' tlon of much trouble later In life A physician desiring to ascertain tho percentage per-centage of children who cared tor their ', teeth properly.dlstrlbutod printed slips I In a school, having the questions: "Do you cleanse your teeth with n brttih every day?" "Do you cleanse your teeth with a brush twice a day? Of TOO pupils only fifty cloamcd their teeth twice a day, !7o used the hruih sometimes and 175 did not even own a brush. |