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ORAL SEPSIS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE BODY (By Craig Morris, D. D. S.) Oral sepsis, according to an emi nent authority, includes all chronic inflammatory conditions about the mouth. Unclean mouths are the pre disposing cause of oral sepsis, while bacteria are the more direct cause. Bacteria are present in all mouths at all times, and under all conditions. While bacteria are present in clean, well-kept mouths, their conditions of life are more favorable in unclean mouths. Pathogenic, or disease-producing bacteria, may exist in healthy ca vities and produce no ill effect. Again the soil may be favorable, and infection results. So whenever any tissue or organ in the human body is deprived through various agencies of its usual power of resisting dis ease and is invaded by bacteria in sufficient numbers, virulent infection results. Thus it happens that a tooth pulp (nerve) is easily infected when it loses its normal protective coating of enamel and dentine through the ravages of decay. After a tooth pulp becomes infected it dies, and if not treated, an abscess results. This, in brief, is an outline of the va rious steps leading to oral sepsis. Dental abscesses and pyorrhea are the causative factors in many local and constitutional diseases, so their manifestations and a few results will be described. In dental abscesses, pus is formed at the root of the af fected tooth. Pus is deleterious to any tissue wherever formed. This pus, if allowed to remain at the end of a root long enough, will cause death of the membrane and bone-like tissue which holds the tooth in its socket. If not treated, it is liable to create quite an extensive destruction of the maxillary bones themselves. Pus spreads in the tissue along the line of least resistance, if it is not discharged through a sort of canal. The pus may spread upward and backward, infecting one of the glands which produce saliva and resulting in parotites (or mumps). Or on some of the teeth it may burrow upward and outward and infect one of the ac cessory sinuses of the nose, starting there a diseased condition, which, if permitted to continue, impairs the eyesight and breathing. The tonsils also may become the seat of infec tion as a consequence of oral sepsis. More than 85 per cent of the cases of tonsilitis in children are accom panied by oral sepsis. One form of tonsilitis, while found in children bearing teeth, never occurs in infants without teeth. * The lymphatic system of the head and neck, which carries off waste products of animal life, may become infected from oral sepsis and pro mote the absorption of poisonous products. The larynx, which is the organ of voice in the human mechan ism, may become the seat of a chron ic disease. The connection between oral sepsis and laryngitis is made clearer by the fact that the removal of diseased roots has, in some cases, been the means of curing laryngitis. It is often difficult to trace the con dition back to any source other than oral sepsis. So much for the local results of oral sepsis. The constitutional results are many; and manifest themselves in serious pathological conditions. Only these conditions, which are known to be due to oral sepsis, will be enumer ated. Whenever there is an advanced case of pyorrhea (looseness and re cession of the gums, followed by for mation of pus and then expoliation of the tooth from its socket), or a few abscessed roots, enormous amounts of pus and putrefactive ma terial are being discharged into the mouth; and are either expectorated or swallowed. But during a meal this material is mixed with the food, car ried into the stomach, then into the intestines, and is finally absorbed like food. Absorbing pus is very poisonous to the human system. The first part of the digestive system impaired is the stomach. The products derived from oral sepsis are of an irritative char acter. If this irritation is strong enough and is continued a long while the stomach becomes diseased. The same process is reproduced in the in testine, where most of the absorp tion takes place for building good blood. So going back to the mouth again, it is plain that if one has a clean, healthy mouth and good teeth, one is able to have good mas tication. If there is good mastication there is going to be good digestion. If there is unimpaired digestion there will be a maximum of absorption; and this high percentage of absorp tion means good blood, the founda tion for good health and longevity. On the other hand, if the function al activity of the stomach and in testine is impaired through oral sepsis, the constitutional resistance of the individual is lowered to all diseases. The kidneys, lungs and even the heart may be diseased as a re sult of oral sepsis. Cases are on record of inflamed nerves curing up on the removal of oral sepsis, but the exact relation of oral sepsis to nervous diseases is not yet clearly understood. Affections of the joints, similar to rheumatic conditions, have long been attributed to oral sepsis. The poisonous products emitted from diseased roots are taken up by the blood stream and carried to different parts of the body. If a part is a lit tle low in resisting power to disease, the products lodge there and produce stiffness similar to rheumatism. Many cases of so-called “rheuma tism” are the result of oral sepsis, and are curable. With these facts in view, one can readily understand why one of the most eminent men in the medical profession today, and probably the greatest surgeon the world ever pro duced, closed one of his addresses with these words: “The next great step in preventive medicine must be made by the dentists. Will they do it?” FLAG AT HALF MAST FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEE Lexington, Ky., Jan. 21.—The flag at the postoffice was at half mast arid the postmaster, with a number of federal employees, attended the fu neral of Clay Estill, who for years was one of the most respected mem bers of the race and an employee of the government. Many of the most prominent men in this city paid their respects to his memory. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Stranger—Have you a good hair tonic you can recommend? Druggist (prohibition town)—Here is something that is spoken of very favorably by the people who have drank it.—Topeka Journal. Financial Statement of the OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION December 31, 1915 - ASSETS Loans on First Mortgages .$7,928,576.80 Loans on Association Shares of Stock . 101,501.66 Interest Due from Members . 6,666.50 Real Estate Acquired through Foreclosure . 22,882.95 Foreclosures Pending . 5,610.85 Office Furniture and Fixtures . 520.00 Association Building . 180,000.00 Sundry Persons and Accounts . 1,208.22 Cash on Hand and in Banks . 248,695.41 Certificates of Deposit . 60,783.93 County Warrants . 22,024.11 Total Assets . $8,578,470.43 LIABILITIES Running Stock and Dividends .$7,563,355.03 Paid-up Stock and Dividends . 628,401.67 Due Sundry Persons on account of Incomplete Loans. .. 173,919.64 Reserve Fund . 196,425.24 Undivided Earnings .*. 16,368.85 — Total Liabilities .$8,578,470.43 Increase in Assets during 1915. $1,285,596.51 Dividends earned for members during 1915. 382,304.70 Dividends earned for members since organiza tion . 2,378,054.54 Reserve Fund and Undivided Earnings. 212,794.09 The Omaha Loan and Building Association is the oldest sav ings institution in Omaha, and one of the largest Building and Loan Associations in the United States. 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