Sherman Bulletin

This is an excerpt from the Sherman Bulletin, VolumeIX - No.22, June 2, 1915:

T h e P r o p h y l a c t i c Q u a r t e t t e The song we sing is a song of health, Of smiles that are bright and hearts as light. Of joy in living greater than wealth That you may know, if your teeth, are clean and white

CLEAN TEETH LENDS A GLOW OF SUNSHINE TO YOUR SMILE

TOOTHSOME FACTS ABOUT TEETH

Many of the diseases of the teeth and gums can be prevented by taking the proper care of mouth and teeth.

The implements best fitted for prevention are quill tooth-pick, waxed silk thread and brushes, with suitable powders.

The food-pick should be used after each meal and supplemented with floss silk, used between the teeth. The thread will remove accumulated deposits where contiguous teeth touch.

The brush is used to remove all deposits solid and mucous and it gives the teeth a bright and polished appearance.

The mechanical friction set up by use of the brush stimulates the gums to more healthful action.

The teeth should be brushed twice daily, morning and evening, it is also a good custom to rinse the mouth before and after eating.

The manner of using the brush is more important than many people suppose. The general method is to brush horizontally, but a moments reflection will show that this leaves untouched the very situations most in need of cleansing.

The brush, used properly, should be pressed against the teeth and the handle rotated so as to make the bristles sweep vertically between and over them; this, coupled with a up-and-down motion, will thoroughly cleanse the interspaces; the inner surfaces of the back teeth are best cleansed in a like manner, while the corresponding parts of the upper and lower incisors are effectively reached by a vertical drawing movement.

If you are feeling tired and your meals have been tasting flat lately, look in you mouth for the trouble.

The best dinner obtainable is not good when the mouth is unsanitary.

Eating is the most important function of the day insofar as your health is concerned.

You cannot be clean if you mouth is dirty and your mouth is as clean as your teeth.

It is impossible to overrate the importance of keeping the mouth and teeth in a sanitary condition. numerous diseases and constitutional weaknesses are the direct results of not observing the proper care of these organs, and the way to take this proper care is with the tooth-brush, powder and tooth-pick.