Dental diseases in relation to public health / by J. Sim Wallace.

  • Wallace, J. Sim (James Sim), 1869-1951
Date:
1914
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Credit: Dental diseases in relation to public health / by J. Sim Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but as this is extremely difficult to do effectually with- out injuring the teeth or gums, it is advisable to have children who are brought up in this way taken regularly to the dentist from the age of three onwards €very six months till the teeth become crowded and irregular; thereafter the visits may require at times to be more frequent until all the natural teeth have been replaced by artificial substitutes. - FOOD-STUFFS AND DENTAL CARIES. NOT CLEANSING AND LIABLE TO INDUCE DENTAL CARIES. Farinaceous and sugary food in general without fibrous element. Examples : Sweet biscuits and cake; bread and marmalade: bread and jam; new bread without crust; bread soaked in milk; milk puddings; porridge and milk; preserved fruit: chocolate and sweets of al] kinds; honey. Liquids: Cocoa and chocolate. _ Lhe above foods should not be eaten except when followed by foods of the cleansing kind. CLEANSING AND PREVENTIVE OF DENTAL CARIES. Fibrous foods generally. Examples: Fish, meat, bacon, poultry, uncooked vege- tables, lettuce, cress, radish, celery. Cooked vegetables are 2s a rule cleansing, but ‘in a- less degree than uncooked vegetables. Stale bread with crust; toasted bread of all kinds; twice baked bread; pulled bread and cheese. : Savouries; fresh fruits, especially those requiring mastica- tion, é.g., apples; fatty foods, e.g., butter and margarine. Liquids: Tea (preferably Russian fashion), coffee, butter- milk, water, also soups and beef-tea.