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Pearly BEAUTY
It's no laughing matter if your teeth are anything but perfect says DIANA DAY
THE trouble with beauty is that we so often don't appreciate what we've got until we haven't got it, The girl with the pretty fair hair doesn't bother to shampoo it as she should, then wonders where all those former glints have gone to. The girl with the even white teeth nibbles between meals, neglects her toothbrush, and is horrified one day at the dingy yellow story her looking-glass tells her.
‘A toothbrush and a beauty should be the best of friends’
Yet the, pearly white of sound, healthy teeth is as eye-catching a beauty asset as any girl can hope for. And if your smile's less than perfect, there's plenty you can do about it.
Overhaul your toothbrush. Would you feel ashamed of your toothbrush if you saw it exhibited in public? If the honest answer's 'yes,' buy two new ones quick: in different colours, one for day, one for bedtime. Pension them off at regular intervals-before, not after, they need it. Girls who are cruel to their toothbrushes are , cruel to their own good looks.
The rule for brushing is twice daily as a minimum, after breakfast and before bed, with no sweet nightcap to undo the good work after, Sweet and starchy foods attack the teeth by turning to acid in the saliva. This acid then erodes the precious white enamel, tooth-coat, clearing the path for decay. The moral: always brush or rinse your teeth after eating anything sweet, especially if your teeth are irregular.
For extra whiteness, try a very occasional rinse with 10 vol. peroxide diluted with warm water. Again, a tartar pencil-used very gently and infrequently-will help to remove that ugly yellow tinge from smokers' teeth. Dental floss, used so carefully that the gums are never injured. is an aid to tooth-beauty that's good for some, not so good for others: in any doubt, ask your dentist. If your gums feel sore or tender, a massage with ordinary kitchen salt stimulates them wonderfully. Same salt, or soot from the chimney, acts as an effective substitute' for toothpowder or paste if you happen to run out for the time being.
The girl with the whitest teeth we ever saw was so proud of them that she carried a brush around and cleaned them after every meal. Overdoing it, we hear you saying . . . but believe us, that girl's smile was dynamite! Failing a toothbrush, we'd suggest a hard apple instead , of pudding. Kills two birds: takes care of your teeth, and keeps your figure shapely.
Obviously there are times in every girl's life when she can't follow a counsel of perfection, Offered chocolates at the theatre, for instance, she can hardly rush out to brush her teeth in the ladies' cloakroom, But if also offered coffee, she can have it black, without sugar (no sugar in drinks is the watchword of the pearly beauty). And she can take comfort from the thought that half a boxful of sweets, eaten at once, do no more damage than just one or two! It's the frequent, spaced-out nibbling or sipping of sweet things that's the danger.
Your dentist is your teeth's best friend. Only he can make good the holes neglect has allowed to happen, scale off tartar, add the professional polishing that lends dazzle-plus.
See him regularly, not just when toothache prods. Back up his work by treating tooth-cleaning as a delightful beauty-chore and choosing toothpastes or powders as carefully as cosmetics.
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