Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1913 — IRISH HAVE THE BEST TEETH [ARTICLE]

IRISH HAVE THE BEST TEETH

Scots Have the Worst, in the United Kingdom, So Authority Sol--37 emnly Says, London.—The beet teeth in the United Kingdom are the Irish, and the worst are the Scots, says Dr. Stewart, the medical officer for East Suffolk, who read a paper at the conference of the British Dental association held at Cambridge. Dr. Stewart attributed the deteriaration to the inordinate passion of the Scots children for sweets. Mr. Rhodes, the president of the association, suggested as another cause the Increasing habit of making meals ol tea aivd bread and butter and the decreasing consumption of oatmeal. Another authority thought that the deficiency of lime in Scottish water was a contributing factor. The strong, white teeth of the Irishman, which are the admiration of the dentist when he looks at them and hie despair when he has to extract one, are attributed to his simple vegetarian diet. He eats little meat and few sweets, and his food is of the kind that requires biting.