Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1942, Page 25

B-2 Teeth Growth Rings Record Individuals’ Health History Five Months Before Birth SALE OF OUR SMART 2.25 "HANDBAGS 4 RF the teeth during this period is ex: tremely hazardous, in contrast to the portion formed before birth. Is Best Time to Begin Care, Science Learns By HOWARD BLAKESLEE, Wide World News. CHICAGO, Jan. 5—The best time to begin looking after the teeth of America’s future soldiers is about five months before they are born. This fact is shown in the growth rings of human teeth, rings which resemble tree rings, and tell the same kind of growth story. These human rings have been mapped, and much of their story deciphered, at the University of Il- linois school of dentistry here, by Drs. Isaac Schour, professor of histology, and Maury Massler, direc- tor of the child research clinic. In the present new American Army, 50 per cent of selectees were rejected for physical defects. The largest single cause, 209 per cent, of 1,000,000 men, was bad teeth. Record Health Dijsturbances. ‘The rings in the human teeth lie | in the enamel and the dentin, the latter the hard substance im- mediately under the enamel. These two structures are complete by the age of 10, and their rings record | every serious health disturbance, | All through childhood the teeth remain’s prey to any serious, even though temporary, health upeets. The teeth rings date exactly the time of these disturbances, and check with the charts of the doctors who attended the children for the {llnesses. ©One Phase Continues. One and only one phase of tooth growth continues throughout life, even past she age of 80. This is the formation of mew bone about the sockets of teeth. The teeth im- perceptibly force themselves farther out through the gums. This push- ing movement is nature's method of compensating for the slow grind- ’lng down of tooth enamel by years of biting. Were it not so, human teeth would become worn down and appear to shorten with age. ‘The balance bezlnn th: mmndh( down and the pushing out or - tion is so perfe,::v. that the mm‘ng‘ efficiency of the teeth of most per- sons does not perceptibly change in a lifetime. The amount of wear exhibited by the teeth is often used by anthro- pologists to determine the age of the prehistoric man whose skull he may unearth. The F. B. I. similarly determines the age of skeletons by every period of inadequate food oOr | g Getailed examination of the teeth. lack of minerals and vitamins, Up|s more accurate determination of to that age. The laying down of the enamel and the dentin begin 4 to 6 months | after conception. In good health, a ring is laid down each day. Each ring is mircroscopic. But each can be brought out distinctly | age is possible in the horse, whose teeth show a special arrangement of their hard structures. La Guardia Sees Army by staining with dyes atter a tooth| Taking N. Y. Hospitals is extracted. Any serious childhood trouble leaves its record by -altera- tions in the daily rings. These records teach scientists | what needs to be done, almost from | day to day, to produce better teeth. | Effects of Poverty. In a batch of 1,000 teeth, obtained | from Chicago dentists, there was un- | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 5—Mayor La Guardia said yesterday the Army and Navy soon would be com- mandeering hospital facilities in New York City. He made the assertion at the dedi- cation of a nine-story brick addition mistakable record of the effects of | to St. Vincent Hospital, which he poverty. The teeth of the children | said was erected at the “most propi- of the well-to-do had calcified better | tious time.” The Mayor did not in infancy than those of children | elaborate on his statement. going to a free extraction clinic/ The hospital addition was named which served the poorer sections of} for Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, Chicago. | who dedicated it. The building in- Somewhat like trees, the teeth | creased the hospital's bed capacity have a number of different growing | from 425 to 600. seasons, quite sharply separated. The first one is the last four or five Officer of Union Dies imonths before birth. In this period | the calcification is,better than any of the hardening that takes place after birth. LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. § (®.— Clarence Eugene Swick, 64, general secretary of the International The foundation for starting good l Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators teeth in this first period is the mother's good health and nourish- | ment Birth itself furnishes an example of the extreme sensitivity of teeth and Paper Hangers of America since 1927, died at his home here yesterday after an illness of sev- eral weeks. He had been an of- ficer of the umion 33 years. Nature’s Children Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) By LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Over the northeastern part of the | United States, from Nebraska, East- | ern Colorado and Oklahoma east | to the middle and northern parts of our Eastern States, the hairy woodpecker goes calmly about his‘ private affairs. | He is a neighbor that the orchard- | st and forester should know more | about, as he is an ardent hunter | for insect pests. The wood-boring | larvae which he seeks with so much energy is one of our tree foes that can be found throughout the year. This woodpecker is almost 10| inches long, with upper parts black | and white, underneath a beautiful, | pure white. The male has a crown | that is uniformly glossy blue-black | and a band of scarlet on his hind- neck, with a broad white stripe be- low and back of each eye. His mate does not have the crimson decora- tion, So often we have been told that | a very laige downy woodpecker has been seen policing a tree, when in | reality it was a hairy. This is-be- cause they do resemble each other and often occupy the same hunting grounds. But you should really be- come better acquainted with neigh- bor “Hairy”, for he is a jolly good fel- low. His voice has a gay note with variations. His drumming has a more decided rhythm, and he seems to put greater enthusiasm into his profession. As Hairy is such a meat eater, vegetable and fruit forming such a small item on his bill of fare, you can always please him by offering a bit of suet during cold weather. He craves this rich food, which sup- plies him with more energy and heat for his daily tasks. Your at- tention to this need will amply re- pay you for your trouble. Just tic & bit of suet to the tree trunk, an- chor it in a soapshaker or half of a cocoanut shell, placing over this last container a few bars of wire or cord to keep the suet in place. Then watch the woodpecker feast. Also observe how jealously the small ras- cal protects his remaining food. Usually his mate selects a dead tree in which to establish the nursery. All she offers in the way of a mattress are the shavings that tumble into the excavation. There are from four to six white eggs laid in the dark and gloomy apartment. Father is never far away during the days of brooding, and together he and his mate go flying about for exercise and family conferences. But the moment the babies arrive he is eager to do his share of find- ing tender, juicy morsels for the hungry brood hidden in the dark nursery. With strong claws fastened into the bark of their wall the youngsters finally make their way to the sunshine and world of sound. Soon they may be seen searching the bark for wee grubs hidden un- der the ridges and scales or per- haps deep in the bark. Industry is the keynote of the woodpecker’s life, and little time is wasted on frivolity. But we must remind you that drumming is their avocation, and they do have their time out for fun and gayety. Shopper’s Dinner . 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