Show u. u S. S Women Harming T Teeth With Bobby Pins BOSTON Mass Dr S. S S. S Liv Liv- Livingston Livingston Livingston ingston reports that American wom wom- women women women en are causing great damage to their teeth with bobby pins The reason women roll up their har h haird hold it iLi th one b.-an b. rj then I holding h I a a ey y pm pin pi i in t other r i f open it with their teeth A simple homemade device for I opening bobby pins is to place as I many pins as are needed f for or the hairdo around the rim of a drink drink- drinking drinking drinking I ing glass With the flat side of the bobby pin facing the inside of the I glass one can pick off each bobby obby pin already open open and and the teeth need not be used I Dangerous to Teeth I Besides opening bobby pins with I their teeth many girls are forming I Ithe the dangerous habit of digging be between tween their teeth with hairpins I be-I bobby pins common pins and tooth tooth- picks Some do it to remove food others because they are nervous j I Toothpicks in one form or an- an another another i other have been in use use probably for I thousands of nf If eara ar They are jre trace trace- aole to A. A D. D V 23 3 w- w wen e en heir use was VaS first recorded They were used in inthe inthe inthe the Roman Grecian and Chinese periods of history 1 Various materials have been uti uti- utilized uti- uti gold gold silver ivory quills and now wood It was a custom in co co- colonial colonial colonial lonial days for the luxurious host to to- offer his dinner guest an expensive gold or silver toothpick after his meal Chips Enamel Today toothpicks are usually made of hard wood such as birch or maple Soft wood is avoided by manufacturers because it tends to fuzz and splinter shedding slivers inthe t mouth l when en used d. d 1 I v ur Livingston says s says S the bobby pin may add to feminine hair I beauty but they have come to be beI I serious threats to the dental charm of the girl who uses her teeth to open them When a girl opens a II bobby pin with her front teeth she usually chips or breaks off the biting edge of her teeth The tooth I enamel microscopically is made up of enamel rods just like the bricks I that go to make up a brick house Once these enamel rods begin to I chip they continue to break off un off un un- until until til a part of the crown surface of I the fue tooth is destroyed i |