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Lack of Men, Money May Be Cutting Into Flying Safety 'Self-Fluoridation' Discouraged by Most Dentists, SODA Says "Self-fluoridation" by moth ers, who want to protect their" children's teeth from decay un til fluoride is added to commu nity water systems, is . discour aged by most dentists, according to a spokesman for the Southern Oregon Dental society. Dentists do recommend "top ical application" of 1 per cent solution of sodium fluoride by a dentist directly to a child's bud ding teeth, but they say most other methods of "home applica tion" have proved inconclusive. Applications lo Teeth Four topical applications an nually are recommended by den tists and cost about $20 a year per child, the spokesman said. The addition of solid fluoride to the daily diet, which is being done by an estimated 1,000 per sons in Portland, is not only a chore, but has yet to prove it self. Prescriptions can be obtained from dentists or physicians for tablets or lozenges containing calcium fluoride combined with vitamins C and D, toe latter to help the body absorb the calcium fluoride. Prescriptions also are available for sodium fluoride in liquid form at $1.50 to $2 a bot tle costing about $6 per year per child. None of these are available without prescriptions. Not Recommended - Dr. Bhim Sayara, University of Oregon dental school, in a recent interview with the Port land Oregonian, reported that the majority of dentists do not recommend any of these meth ods for the following reasons: '.. 1. If the fluoride drops are given in milk, orange or other citrus juice, the fluorine com bines with the calcium in the drink and becomes generally un available to protect teeth against decay. 2. Experience has shown too many cases where parents neg lect the dosage all week, then decide to make up for lost time with a massive dose which, al though not dangerous, may up set the child, just as a massive dose of castor oil or aspirin might do. 3. Those who need the fluor ides worst cannot afford the cost, or will not make the effort to get their daily fluorides. Cost of the compounds alone, not count ing fees of doctor or dentist, runs to about $6 a child per year, compared with a few cents per capita per year for fluoridation of the public water supply. Second Section - Medford Six Pages Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1956 - " : " " T TST"1"" u t ,uw,l,l t ANY PORT IN A STORM is attitude of these lion cubs at Germany's Duisburg Zoo. Cold wave sent them scurrying for warmth and who. should turn up with properly maternal attitude but this foster mother who had lost her pups. . (International Soundphoto) 4. 'There is no proof of the effectiveness of these prescrip tions. The only form of home fluoridation recommended by the dental school is some means of fluoridating at one part per million all water consumed at home. Dr. ' Savara explained " that merely drinking fluoridated wa ter is not entirely sufficient. The one part per million formula is based on the assumption that fluoridated water is used for cooking as well as drinking. More fluorine is consumed through meat and vegetables cooked in water than through drinking water in the average household. . It would be difficult to find a big enough pot to make, a batch of fluoridated water sufficient for a day's household consump tion, Dr. Savara stated. Dentifrices Unproven The American Dental associa- tion also doubts the effectiveness of fluoride dentifrice in prevent ing tooth decay.' The conclusion, according to Dr. Savara, is that fluoridation of the public water supply is the only method proved to be safe, effective and fully controlled by competent health authorities. ill INCLUDING: .... . 4 . - ("::....'. O FULL SIZED MAPLE BED O ENGLANDER PRESIDENTIAL MATTRESS O DEEP-SLEEP COIL SPRING Complete for the SPECIAL PRICE OF U 1 5)95 Reg. $102.24 Value i AND I Reg. $140.15 Value ' Choice of Poster Few Twin Sets Available (Vjc ' fj SumrnnnttuQire EASY TERMS TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET! FREE Customer Parking MEDFORD GRANTS PASS ASHLAND 341 North Central Air Force Officers Growing Concerned Over Plane Wrecks By CHARLES CODDRY . United State Correspondent " Washington OI.PJ 7 Air Force officers fear that a short age of men and money to main tain airplanes k cutting - into flying safety. '-'.. " A rash of, recent air crashes, involving many types of planes both old and new, has height ened their concern. .The 'causes of these accidents are not def initely known, but airmen art worried that maintenance prob lems are a factor. -' ' Secrecy on Statistics ' The safety issue has become so sensitive that the ' Air . Force at least temporarily has clamp ed a secrecy label on accident statistics making any compari son between present and. past periods impossible. Secrecy was carried : to . the point Tuesday that a spokesman had to say. he could not provide a list of accidents" and fatalities that have occurred so far this year. The argument was made that figures on total "number of accidents would aid the . Rus sians: . "V." .'. ' ' ; ' Air Safety -Problem Nevertheless, , published re ports would .seem ' enough ; to show that the air arm is grap pling with safety problem. And Gen.' Nathan F. Twining, chief of staff,' has indicated as much to a Senate committee. " Since Jan. 4, there have been at least seven major accidents which killed 28 airmen. Anoth er was averted last week when a C124 Globemaster ''limped into Iceland with two of its four engines dead. . . The accidents involved seven different plane types, so the fault cannot lie with defects in any particular model. -Types ranged from the C47 transport, designed in 1935, to the ultra modern B52 bomber and F101 Voodoo supersonic fighter; : . On Jan. 4 at Ellsworth Air Force Base,' Rapid City, S. D., a B35 .Superbomber landed afire but the. crew-escaped. Six days later; a; Voodoo -crashed, killing a test pilot at Elgin: Air Force Base, Fla. Explosion Cause. Traced -..'.. A ,B52 Jiad an explosion ! at high, altitude near iTracy, Calif., on Feb. 16 and- four of its eight occupants were killed. The Air For ce , announced Tuesday - that an . "electrical system malfunc tion" apparently caused that one. . . .;, Six days , after the bomber accident, a KC97 tanker-transport qrashed. on. : takeoff from Palm Beach, Fla., killing five. Three days later a C47 cracked up in Spain with three dead and three survivors. Fifteen' airmen died on Monday , four .'. in ,'a B47jet bomber, that; crashed near Sedalia, Mo., and 11 in -a B50 bomber that crashed near Dayton, 0. , , WafmthiaSbuth . . By UNITED. PRESS , A cold wave chilled the Southland ioday, ; routing wea- ther that was so summery- it even broke records at Miami, j The cold ' dropped tempera tures 10 to 15 degrees in Flori da and kept the mercury hover ing near freezing as far south as Tennessee . and North . Caro lina early, today. . . In .Southern - Florida,, the temperature dropped ; from- a downright hot -S9 degrees re corded at - the . Miami Airport yesterday. It - was , 85 in down town Miami, making it the hot test February day on ; record there in the past 45 yean. 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