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ToothTalk Commit to Quit Challenge by Mary Ellen Volansky, RDH, MS A Program to Encourage Smokers and Chewers to Quit! Weekly and Grand Prize Drawings Bitetoids on Oral Health Dental humor? Yes, at least by the The New Yorker magazine’s standards. In 2(X)4, it published a book of just den tal cartoons Who would have thought’ Barber poles? The barber pole is the oldest distinguished mark of any profession or craft, dating back 6,000 years B.C. Barber surgeons performed hair and beard trimming, medicine (herbs), dentistry (tooth pulling), and surgery (bloodletting). The attractive red and white glass emblem remains the property of the artistic barbering profession today. There is a picture of one outside a bar bershop in Toledo. Courtesy of www.edjeffersharber museum, com. Horses see dentists! Their teeth continue to erupt from their sockets throughout the horse’s life. - 18 years for some of them. Sometimes horses have to see a dentist to have their teeth filed. The filing keeps sharp edges of teeth, formed from wear, from irritat ing cheeks. Also, hooks can form on the front and back of the rows of mo lars (12 molars on one side of the jaws) that, if not removed, can result in the horse not being able to close its mouth. Courtesy of www. angelfire. com/tx2/ kidshorses/teeth.html. Most societies view teething as a rite of passage - the nursing baby be comes a chewing infant when teeth come in; the infant becomes a youngster when the baby teeth are lost and the perma nent teeth arrive. Our present ritual may be only a century old. Yet centuries ago in Europe when a child’s baby tooth fell out, it was common practice to bury it in the ground. The reason was a superstition that if a witch got hold of the tooth, a curse could be placed on the child. By burying their children’s teeth, this unfortunate curse was pre vented. Disposing of baby teeth was serious business. The Vikings were serious too. They had a “tooth fee.” This fee was given to a child upon the use of a tooth. Why might one want this tooth? Superstition of that time held that a child or their ar ticles brought power and luck in battle. What is uniquely American? Our tale has the tooth fairy giving money for a tooth and not expecting anything 20 • Siletz News Clinic Health CHA-MAY WEEYA - MEDICINETALK Siletz Community • The Commit to Quit Challenge is a 12-week program to encourage smokers and chewers to quit. Weekly drawings will be held, with a grand prize drawing Sept. 6, 2006, during the Run to the Rogue sign-up at the Tribal Community Cen ter in Siletz, Ore. else, nor imparting any protections or powers. Just fun for what can be a scary experience. Courtesy of www.drbunn.com/ tthfairy.htm. and www.straightdope.com If your teeth are worn down, would the phrase “down in the mouth” apply to you? Like horses, we don’t usually wear our teeth from eating. We can wear our teeth from stress-related hab its and malocclusion. Human teeth get a straight-line ap pearance across the biting edge of an terior teeth. Sometimes the edges are worn so that the dentin shows. Dentin is more porous than enamel, so it will pick up stain. If you grind, clench, or repetitively move your teeth against each other, come to the dentist. A simple night guard might prevent this wear. Back to “down in the mouth.” It refers to the down-turned corners of the mouth on a sad or depressed person. You might use the phrase to describe some one who has lost a loved one or a job. Hopefully, you won’t be down in the mouth after reading this month’s Tooth Talk. Courtesy of http://memhers.aol. com/MorelandC/Have Origins DatahtmttDownlnThe Mouth Come to the Siletz Dental Clinic, sit in one of our chairs, and read some excerpts from The New Yorker! Ameri can Dental Association’s Book of Car toons. Each room has them on the ceil ing. Posters for kids and some adults to find hidden toothbrushes. I Protect Our Children Honor and Mentor Them Commit to Quit Dates: June 1 - Aug. 31 Grand Prize Drawing: Sept. 6 Contact: DeAnna Pearl, 541^444-9659 or 1-800-648-0449, ext. 1659 How Do I Protect Myself from UV Rays? from the Web site of the American Cancer Society - www.cancer.org While it’s impossible to completely avoid sunlight, you can take precau tions to limit your exposure to UV rays. 1. Limit direct sun exposure dur ing midday. Ultraviolet rays are most intense when the sun is high in the sky, usually between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. If you are unsure about the sun’s inten sity, take the shadow test: If your shadow is shorter than you, the sun’s rays are the strongest. Plan activities out of the sun during these times. 2. Cover up. Wear clothing to pro tect as much skin as possible. Long- sleeved shirts, long pants, or long skirts are the most protective. 3. Wear a hat. A hat with at least a 2- to 3-inch brim all around is ideal because it protects areas often exposed to the sun, such as the neck, ears, eyes, forehead, nose, and scalp. 4. Use a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher. When selecting a sun- screen product, be sure to read the label before you buy. Those labeled “broad-spectrum” protect against UVA and UVB radiation. 5. Wear sunglasses that block UV rays. The ideal sunglasses do not have to be expensive, but they should block 99 percent to 100 percent of UVA and UVB radiation. 6. Avoid sunlamps and tanning booths. Tanning lamps emit UVA and frequently emit a lot of UVB also. Both UVA and UVB can cause serious skin damage and both contribute to forma tion of skin cancers. 7. Check your skin regularly. You can improve your chances of finding pre-cancerous skin conditions and skin cancer by examining your skin regu larly. 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