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SECTION TWO- Good Teeth—For You, Your Child Your Community By ERNEST A. BRANCH, D.D.S mmmm ———■—— mmm—rnmtmmmmmmmm^^ The Council on Dental Health of North Carolina Dental Society is sponsoring this series of ar ticles on Dental Health. The wri ter, Dr. Ernest A. Branch, is the Director of the Division of Oral Hygiene of the North Carolina State Board of Health. Fluoridation—National and Controlled Last week's article on the early studies of fluorides in water in rela tion to teeth brought us to the dis covery that, though excessive amounts in the water caused mottled enamel, a small amount reduced the occur rence of dental decay without causing any mottling. By making studies in many communities using water with varying amounts of fluorides the scientists arrived at the conclusion that approximately one part per mil lion (IPPM). varying slightly accord ing to climatic and other factors, was a safe and effective fluoride content for drinking water. All of the studies and experiments thus far had been made with natural ly fluoridated water supplies. The logical sequence of events was for the suggestion to be made that fluorides might be added to water supplies which were deficient in this element in order to reduce the incidence of dental caries. With the fact well established that IPPM was beneficial to dental health two questions remain ed to be answered They were: 1. Did the use of fluoridated water have a harmful effect on any other part of the body? 2. Would results from drinking wa ter to which fluorides were added be the same as from drinking water w T ith naturally borne fluorides ? For finding the answer to the first question nature had already provided a laboratorv with over 3.000,000 gui nea pigs—the areas where the drink ing water contained fluorides from the desirable concentrations up to five arid ten times that amount and the people who had been drinking this wa ter. From exhaustive studies to de termine the prevalence of diseases or diseased conditions of body organs and i structures in t# h se areas there is no j evidence that prolonged ingestion of water containing even more than the ; recommended 1 PPM of fluorine had.! in any case, produced any harmful es-. sects. In 1945 studies Were begun to find the answer to the second question, that is. to determine whether or not ; controlled fluoridation Would give the same benefits. as natural fluoridation.! Tiie experience in Grand Rapids. Mich-i . igan, has answered this question in tin' affirmative. Today, six-year-old children in Grand Rapids have fin per rent fewer,cavities than their teen ago 1 rbthers and sisters had at the same age. The follow ing is a brief account of this experiment. "To determine the effect of adding fluoride to water supplies, research Workers of the Public Health Service A SERVICE FDR YOU FROM YOUR Farm Bureau Agent To help you secure automobile liability in surance quickly ... I will be at the location listed below. REMEMBER . . under North Carolina’s new Safety Responsibility Law, you may lose your right to drive without the proper insur ance. FARM BUREAU OFFERS THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES: •fa Savings up to 25%. On-the-spot policy issuance. 'fo Nationwide, 24-hour claim service. •so Second largest mutual insurer of autos in America. Lonnie Harrell ROUTE 3 BOX 106 Phone Rocky Hock 114 Anytime Parker Helms 204 BANK OF EDENTON BUILDING 9KM to 12 KM A. M„ and 1:00 to 5 KM) P. M. Or Call Office 175-W or Home 565-J Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company HOME OFFICE: COLUMBUS, OHIO Page Six got together eight years ago with officials of the University of Michi gan and the Michigan State Depart ment of Health. They selected Grand Rapids, an industrial city of nearly 200,000 as the place for their study. The city fathers there agreed to co operate, and on January 25, 1945, Grand Rapids became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its wa ter supply. “Before fluoridation and every year since, dentists have examined the teeth of Grand Rapids children and, for comparison, have made similar ex aminations in near-by Muskegon, Michigan, and also in Aurora, Illinois. They chose Muskegon because it is similar to Grand Rapids in climate and geography, and gets its water from the same fluoride-free Lake Michigan. Aurora was selected be cause its water supply contains about the same amount of natural fluoride i that Grand Rapids is adding to its wa- | ter. In 1945, Aurora children had about two-thirds less tooth decay than Grand Rapids children had before : fluoridation. “By 1952, tots six years old and younger drinking the fluoridated wa- , ter of Grand Rapids from birth had the same low decay rates as their op- ' posites in Aurora with its natural fluoride hearing water. The dental scientists also discovered substantial reductions in tooth decay in older children.” A similar test has been in progress in Newburgh and Kingston, neighbor ing towns in New York State. Be- 1 ginning in May. 1945. sodium fluoride has been added to the water supply at Newburgh, bringing the' content to 1.2 PPM. while the Kingston water supply has been left free of fluorine. Dental examinations of children up to 12 years of age were begun in 1944 ' and have been made every year since. Each successive examination has ■ shown a decrease in decay in New burgh and a constancy in the decay | rates in Kingston. Many other cities have obtained practically the same results by add ing fluorides to their water supplies. I Among the earliest of these are She [boygao.. Wisconsin: Lewiston, Idaho; I Marshall. Texas; and Brantford. On j tario. Charlotte was the first city in i North Carolina to adopt this prevent-; j ive measure. From these and many other studies it appears, that the adjustment of the fluoride content of the water to ap- 1 [ proximate'}’" J PPM has resulted in a i substantial: reduction in dental caries i in childrer. To Relieve it* Miser n 9 666 UO'MC 03 TAtriXTS • SAME FAST R£U£» j THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954. . I George Oakley Lanes j Dies After Long Illness George Oakley Lane, 70, died Thurs day night at 8:30 o’clock at his home near Dillard’s Mill following an ill ness of several years. He was a na tive of Perquimans County but lived in Chowan for many years. He was a retired grist mill operater. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pris cilla Lane; one son, Walter Lane and a daughter, Mrs. Jack Bond, both of Edenton. j Funeral services were held in the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, of which, he was a member, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev. B. L. Raines, officiated and burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rodney Harrell, Mark White, Ellie Bunch, Ray Hol lowed, Robert Evans and Carey Evans. Mrs. John A. Holmes Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Willie MacDonald Holmes, 58, died at her home on Broad Street at 3:15 o’clock Friday afternoon after several years’ illness. The wife of Superintendent of Schools John A. Holmes, deceased was a native of Mathews, N. C., hut lived in Edenton | 30 years. , Surviving rre her husband, John A. Holmes; a son, John A. Holmes, Jr., of Raleigh: a daughter, Miss Mary MacDonald Holmes of Elizabeth City; a brother, Joseph M. Barrett and a sister, Mrs. J. Edgar Hood, both of Charlotte. She was a member of the j Edenton Methodist Church. Funeral services were held at the Williford Funerhl Home Sunday after-; noon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiated, and burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Stewards of the Methodist Church served as pall bearers. : —— —— f Youth, what man’s age is like to be doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know. —Denham. f§§fT " ffil sag Presenting the mighty aristocrat gSj Isl of light-duty trucks- ■ the 054 GMC / ■ -mbm—im—.-{A" ”, 1 " GMC'S HUSKY NEW STANDARD PICKUP, powered with 125-horsepower engine-most power- lIHYDRA ful standard six in the field. Ade luxe model with chrome grille and trim, two-tone 111 . IVIMTIW g ; exterior paint and cab rear corner windows is available at extra cost. CHAS. H. JENKINS MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. 105 to 109 E. Queen Street . PHONE 147 Edenton,N.G —mmmmmmmrnmm—mm—You'H 60 bottOf OH O Utod tTUtk Wlfh your CMC jPvt. Leslie R. Nixon Serving In Germany Army Pvt. Leslie R. Nixon, 20, whose wife, Maggie, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Nixon, live on Route 2, Edenton, is serving in Ger many with the 43d Infantry Division. The “Winged Victory” division is training as part of the NATO Army ■for the defense of western Europe. Private Nixon, a heavy-weapons in fantryman in the 172 d Regiment, en tered the Army last May, completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., and arrived overseas during October. J Edenton Jr.-Sr. Menu Menus at the Edenton Junior-Sen ior High School for the remainder of this week are. Thursday Hamburgers, mashed potatoes, garden peas, beets, rolls, butter, cookies and milk. Friday—Beef pan pie with vege tables, string beans, celery, rolls, but ter, peaches and milk. PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES Sunday School at 10 o’clock Sunday I morning with classes for all. Mom j ing worship service at 11 o’clock with a sermon by tne pastor, the Rev. | James MacKenzie. i Tuesday at 7:30 Boys’ Brigade. 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