Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 276, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 July 1989 — Page 3

People in the news ‘Night on the Town’ turns into disaster PHILADELPHIA (AP) A “Night on the Town with Billy Dee Williams” was no fun for a contest winner who says the star was busy doing deals and signing autographs and then left a nightclub without her. “I was very humiliated, very .upset,” Delphine Hamilton, 30, said this week of her recent date. Hamilton bought a new outfit for the night and borrowed her sister’s SBO patent leather bag, which she lost “I was excited. Everybody in the neighborhood was happy for me. They couldn’t hardly believe it was me,” she said. At the nightclub, Williams signed autographs for 1 hours, she said. When Hamilton realized the entourage was leaving without her, she burst into tears, complaining loudly she hadn’t gotten the cab fare she was promised. She said she ran to the limousine and was told to get the fare from radio station WDAS, which ran the contest • RED BANK, NJ. (AP) Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is seeing red over a summons he received for what police said was running a stop light Bon Jovi said he wants his day in court to contest a S6O ticket issued March 1. The singer said he went through the light when it was amber. His father, John Bongiovi, was following close behind in his own car and also was issued a summons. He pleaded guilty and paid his ticket. Red Bank lawyer Richard D. McOmber said Thursday that he submitted affidavits with Bon Jovi’s testimony. He said Municipal Judge William Himelman could make a decision based on those statements and the testimony of police, but his client wants to appear personally. A court date was set for Aug. 24. LAS VEGAS (AP) Dean Martin has become the first Strip headliner to halt his act because of a dispute between hotels and musicians. Martin said he canceled his act at Bally’s Hotel and Casino because of a musicians’ strike over use of taped music in lieu of live musicians. Martin was to open a weeklong engagement at Bally’s on Thursday night It was the first time a Strip headliner has been affected in the two-month dispute.

Dear Abby Taking the bite out of gum disease

DEAR AB BY: I am a dental hygienist who has used one of your columns for years to educate my patients. I clipped it out of Newsday about eight or nine years ago (maybe longer). I see people in my office every day who think they are taking good care of their teeth, but end up with gingivitis gum disease. Please run that column again. ZITA MANSON, R.D.H., HICKSVILLE, N.Y. DEAR RITA: At the risk of other readers complaining about “rerunitis,” here it is: DEAR READERS: If you have dentures, skip this column. But if you still have your own teeth and want to keep them, you may be glad you read it: DEAR ABBY: I am sitting here after work, emotionally drained and physically exhausted, but I must write this letter because so many people need to be educated. I am a dental hygienist who is currently seeing a flock of new patients because two elderly dentists in this community are no longer practicing. (One retired and the other died.) These patients had complete faith in their dentists only to come to us and find that it was in vain. They are victims of dentists who did not keep up with current dentistry. Most of these patients saw their dentist regularly, twice a year for checkups and cleaning some for 20 to 30 years! They loved their dentists and they can’t believe it when they learn that they now have advanced peridontal (gum) disease! They can’t understand why they were never told this before. I could tell them, but I don’t want to be blackballed in this community should they

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DETROIT (AP) Movie tough-guy Chuck Norris and former Chicago Bears star Walter Payton lost their bid to upset a world speedboat record held by former President Reagan’s son, Michael. It took the two over 14 hours to make the openwater powerboat trip Thursday from Chicago to Detroit. Reagan’s trip in 1983 was made in a little over 12 Vi hours. A mechanical malfunction forced the NorrisPayton boat to dock in Mackinaw City to replace a 49-cent part. The repairs took almost two hours. The boat also lost a propeller, Norris said. Crew chief Ed Morenz did an in-water replacement. “It was bad,” Payton said. “We had 30 to 40 mph winds ... and some nine -and 10-foot waves. I’m not sore. But I probably will be tomorrow. I’m more mad than anything else.” Since retiring as the NFL’s all-time rushing leader, Payton has done some auto racing. It was his first start in a raceboat. • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Jason, the hockey-masked killer who is back for more slashing in the latest “Friday the 13th” film, lost one battle where he was out of his depth. Ads for the new movie, “Jason Takes Manhattan,” didn’t sit well with state Economic Development officials who objected to their use of a copyrighted “I Love New York” logo. The ads showed Jason, who periodically rises to slash up a camp full of teen-agers, cutting through the heart of a logo poster. “You slash our heart, we’ll cut you off at the knees,” said state agency spokesman Harold Holzer. “There’s someone in New York who’s tougher than Jason,” he said, referring to the agency’s commissioner, Vincent Tese. Paramount Pictures said it would drop the “I Love New York,” logo state officials said Thursday. Paramount spokeswoman Deborah Rosen said the poster was to be dropped anyway once the movie was released Friday.

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decide to take legal action. So I hope that you tell them: These dentists were trained in an era of dentistry that did not understand peridontal disease, and they haven’t learned anything since. Dentures were something that were expected by most older people in the 1920 s through the 19505. Today we know that gum disease is a bacterial infection caused by plaque the same bacteria that cause decay. The plaque hardens into calculus (tartar) if it is not removed. The usual place of calculus formation is at the gum line, and it eventually extends beneath the gum, if not removed. It is beneath the gum that calculus does the most damage, for here it attacks the bone that supports the teeth. The bone slowly “dissolves” itself to get away from the irritating calculus. It takes years before the teeth will loosen and eventually be lost. More often than not, the patients I see have no calculus visible when looking in their mouths. Their former dentist removed what he could see, but left the calculus under the gums, allowing the disease to continue. He either was unaware that it was there because he failed to keep up with modern dental education, or

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he was unwilling to change and felt that curing peridontal disease is “modem hogwash.” Consequently, the majority of his patients are suffering from advanced gum disease. Peridontal disease is usually not painful until the final stages. However, there are warning signs. There are several stages and all are curable until one reaches the most advanced stage. Only a competent dentist is able to tell you what stage you are in and what treatment is needed. Usually all that is needed in the beginning stages is a thorough cleaning and a good home-care program. The symptoms to look for are: red and swollen gums; bleeding when onb brushes (healthy gums never bleed); a bad taste or odor from the mouth. In the advanced stages, the bleeding stops because the gums have formed a type of scar tissue around the tooth. (If you’ve had bleeding for years, and then it stops, it doesn’t necessarily mean the problem has gone away.) Abby, I know this is very long, but the public needs to know the whole story. Let me say that not all older dentists are uninformed, but the vast majority have not kept up with the times, and their unsuspecting patients pay a terrible price. DENTAL HYGIENIST ♦ * ♦ What teen-agers need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS, getting along with their peers and parents is now in Abby’s updated, expanded booklet, “What Every Teen Should Know.” To order, send your name and address, clearly printed, plus check or money order for 33.60 (34 in Canada) to: Dear Abby’s Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054. Postage and handling are included.

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