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Department of dentistry for children
Gsrowing and Protecting
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Teeth
613
Raw vegetables are very good tooth building foods. Vegetable salads are healthful dishes to serve at the table. Cooked vegetables are also of value and may be eaten liberally in connection with milk, cereal, eggs, lamb, beef or fish, fruit, and whole-wheat bread. If you are faithful in your choice of food from the suggestions given you in this story, you will be doing much toward making and keeping good, sound teeth. Remember that milk, fruit, and vegetables, along with eggs and fish or lamb or beef, cereals and whole-wheat bread, combine t,o form a well-planned diet. This is spoken of as a balanced diet. It helps to make and keep our teeth strong. Good, clean teeth help to keep us well and comfortable and happy. Clean, pretty teeth put life and joy into our smile. Do you keep your teeth clean?
GROWING
AND
PROTECTING
A STORY FOR THE FIFTH C. CARROLL SMITH,
T
OTJR TEETH GRADE
D.D.S., PEORIA, ILL.
EETH are a living part of t,he body and depend upon food for growth and protection. With the right building material given it, the human body can build teeth so strong and perfect that decay cannot touch them. Food is the material that nourishes and sustains the body; it becomes a part of the body itself. It is important that this food be clean and that it be well chewed before it goes on its way to build up body substance. In making a cake, you would not put your flour, butter, baking powder, eggs and flavoring in a pan and t,hen into the oven without properly mixing them and expect them to result in a good cake. All of the materials for a good cake are there, but if t,hey have not been properly mixed the cake will be a failure. Just so with the body. If the food taken to nourish the body is not properly selected and properly prepared in the mouth, the results in bodily health are not what they should be. The body weight must be kept Enough and proper food material must be taken into the body to normal. replace the bone, muscle and other body substance worn away by use. Whatever promotes good health helps to grow strong, solid, healthy teeth. Fresh air, sunshine, nourishing foods well chewed, exercise, clean and comfortable surroundings, plenty of sleep , good habits-these are the things needful to produce good tooth structure. If teeth are not good, if they are soft, decay easily or are defective in ot,her ways, they require even greater care. With proper food and proper care, even poor teeth may be preserved for a long time.
In spite of the best care you are able to give your teeth, they may become discolored, lime deposits may form on them, or some decay may take How often, place. You may avoid this by visitin g your dentist, regularly. should be left to the judgment. of tile dent,&. 7n very few cases should thesct true saying visits be less frequent than twice a year. It is an old but wry that, ” A stitch in time saves nine.” It has been said that “A man is known by the teeth he keeps.” If J’OU see rnen and women with good clean teeth, you will feel that they are cleatr healthy people. A clean! well-cared-for mouth is sure to command respect. One lady asked her dentist. “Jlow often shall I clean rny teeth :“’ Knowing t,hat she prepared her own food, he said, "How often do you clean your pots and pans and cooking utensils ?” "why, ” said she. “as often as 1 use thrrn.” is how often you should clean your ( ‘ Ther1. ’ ( replied the dentist, “that twt11."
Remember to keep your t,eeth clean on all t,heir surfaces, all the time. Do not forget that clean teeth, well cared for, and food well chewed, are friends to good hea.lth, a sound body, and a keen mind. Just inside the threshold of the body. nature has placed two rows of pearls. These pearls are of great value. Their equal cannot be bought. at any price. They are priceless jewels and should be valued beyond riches. Once lost,, the world’s billions cannot replace them. Protect them, care for them, keep thern clean. They are your birthstones of good health and, well guarded, add to your success and happiness through life. Good clean teet,h kept, in good repair are elements of good health and respectability.
A STORY FOR THE SIXTH C. CARROLL SMITH,
I
GRADE
D.D.S., PEORIA, ILL.
F YOU had a new car, would you expect, it to run without proper fuel in the radiator and battery or with an inferior quality of gas or oil?
Would you expect your car to run smoothly if t,he spark plugs became dirty or the engine was allowed to accumulate carbon or if the valves were not ground at the proper time 1 Would you try to run it without repairs until t,be piston rings dropped odt or when the brake system needed adjusting? Would you expect the car t,o hold up if you did not change the oil at the proper time or if you ran it until the oil gave out?
0~
Teeth
613
Raw vegetables are very good tooth building foods. Vegetable salads are healthful dishes to serve at the table. Cooked vegetables are also of value and may be eaten liberally in connection with milk, cereal, eggs, lamb, beef or fish, fruit, and whole-wheat bread. If you are faithful in your choice of food from the suggestions given you in this story, you will be doing much toward making and keeping good, sound teeth. Remember that milk, fruit, and vegetables, along with eggs and fish or lamb or beef, cereals and whole-wheat bread, combine t,o form a well-planned diet. This is spoken of as a balanced diet. It helps to make and keep our teeth strong. Good, clean teeth help to keep us well and comfortable and happy. Clean, pretty teeth put life and joy into our smile. Do you keep your teeth clean?
GROWING
AND
PROTECTING
A STORY FOR THE FIFTH C. CARROLL SMITH,
T
OTJR TEETH GRADE
D.D.S., PEORIA, ILL.
EETH are a living part of t,he body and depend upon food for growth and protection. With the right building material given it, the human body can build teeth so strong and perfect that decay cannot touch them. Food is the material that nourishes and sustains the body; it becomes a part of the body itself. It is important that this food be clean and that it be well chewed before it goes on its way to build up body substance. In making a cake, you would not put your flour, butter, baking powder, eggs and flavoring in a pan and t,hen into the oven without properly mixing them and expect them to result in a good cake. All of the materials for a good cake are there, but if t,hey have not been properly mixed the cake will be a failure. Just so with the body. If the food taken to nourish the body is not properly selected and properly prepared in the mouth, the results in bodily health are not what they should be. The body weight must be kept Enough and proper food material must be taken into the body to normal. replace the bone, muscle and other body substance worn away by use. Whatever promotes good health helps to grow strong, solid, healthy teeth. Fresh air, sunshine, nourishing foods well chewed, exercise, clean and comfortable surroundings, plenty of sleep , good habits-these are the things needful to produce good tooth structure. If teeth are not good, if they are soft, decay easily or are defective in ot,her ways, they require even greater care. With proper food and proper care, even poor teeth may be preserved for a long time.
In spite of the best care you are able to give your teeth, they may become discolored, lime deposits may form on them, or some decay may take How often, place. You may avoid this by visitin g your dentist, regularly. should be left to the judgment. of tile dent,&. 7n very few cases should thesct true saying visits be less frequent than twice a year. It is an old but wry that, ” A stitch in time saves nine.” It has been said that “A man is known by the teeth he keeps.” If J’OU see rnen and women with good clean teeth, you will feel that they are cleatr healthy people. A clean! well-cared-for mouth is sure to command respect. One lady asked her dentist. “Jlow often shall I clean rny teeth :“’ Knowing t,hat she prepared her own food, he said, "How often do you clean your pots and pans and cooking utensils ?” "why, ” said she. “as often as 1 use thrrn.” is how often you should clean your ( ‘ Ther1. ’ ( replied the dentist, “that twt11."
Remember to keep your t,eeth clean on all t,heir surfaces, all the time. Do not forget that clean teeth, well cared for, and food well chewed, are friends to good hea.lth, a sound body, and a keen mind. Just inside the threshold of the body. nature has placed two rows of pearls. These pearls are of great value. Their equal cannot be bought. at any price. They are priceless jewels and should be valued beyond riches. Once lost,, the world’s billions cannot replace them. Protect them, care for them, keep thern clean. They are your birthstones of good health and, well guarded, add to your success and happiness through life. Good clean teet,h kept, in good repair are elements of good health and respectability.
A STORY FOR THE SIXTH C. CARROLL SMITH,
I
GRADE
D.D.S., PEORIA, ILL.
F YOU had a new car, would you expect, it to run without proper fuel in the radiator and battery or with an inferior quality of gas or oil?
Would you expect your car to run smoothly if t,he spark plugs became dirty or the engine was allowed to accumulate carbon or if the valves were not ground at the proper time 1 Would you try to run it without repairs until t,be piston rings dropped odt or when the brake system needed adjusting? Would you expect the car t,o hold up if you did not change the oil at the proper time or if you ran it until the oil gave out?