Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — False Teeth Tend to Shorten Life [ARTICLE]

False Teeth Tend to Shorten Life

By H. E. CROSSWELL Raleigh, N. C.

I believe that teeth are one of the element in modern times which contribute to shorten life. . ' • That is one of my pet hobbies, and although I am often laughed at for holding such an opinion, I believe it is correct and I will tell you why. A man rarely needs a set of false teeth until he is nearing fifty at the earliest, and he usually manages to get along for perhaps eight or ten years before that on a few natural teeth. He is getting old in the meantime, and finding himself hampered by inadequate teeth. He must perforce forego many ar-

tides of food which other people can eat without any difficulty. Now, after ten years, perhaps, of abstinence from heavy foods, difficult to masticate, and getting older every day, he purchases a set of false teeth. Immediately he feels rejuvenated and starts to eating anything and everything with the avidity of a schoolboy. But his stomabh rebels, although in many cases the man feels no ill effects at the time' But after a while he gets indigestion, dyspepsia and a thousand other complaints, and all because of his false teeth. If he had let them alone he would have continued eating easily digestible food and his stomach, to say nothing of years to his lifetime, would have been saved. No, sir, I don’t wear false teeth, and I never shall.