Show ill DONT NEGLECT TILE TIIE BABY TEETH taken from Ily hygeia gela I 1 why go to the trouble and expense of filling it 11 child s first firby teeth when they become deca decayed edat why them extracted thebo questions are asked frequently says ays s a bulletin from the department part ment of health corrective care until a few months before their normal tinie time for dio liping out is just as nee liec esary for temporary teeth as tor for the permanent teeth there are several leagons for filling baby teeth rather than extracting them premature extraction of baby teeth is likely to make the second set erupt crookedly I 1 if baby teeth are allowed to decay they may abscess and become a source of infect infection in that may go through the entire system neglected first teeth ache as badly as neglected permanent teeth do if the teeth are decayed and t ed or are prematurely extracted the food cannot be chewed properly indigestion follows good habits of mouth care established in childhood with regular sion and corrective care are likely to be followed throughout life they are the hie best safeguards of health that can be devised I 1 HELEN 1 MABRY MABBY county nurse |