Open AccessROLE OF DENTISTRY IN PERSONAL HYGIENE
Author(s) -
Guy S. Millberry
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.1.53
Subject(s) - dental hygiene , oral hygiene , hygiene , dental care , dentistry , medicine , environmental health , pathology
Food is a first essential to life and conversion into energy comes next. The teeth are machinery necessary to efficient conversion. Care of the teeth is a fundamental essential and to secure proper care there should be school exercises in dental hygiene. Teachers in this and oral hygiene should be in all public schools.