Pyorrhea

"Pyorrhea seizes 4 out of 5."

—FORHAN'S (dentifrices)

"Only 1 in every 20 has pyorrhea."

—LYON'S (dentifrices)

To these antithetical declarations of rival tooth cleanser manufacturers, Dentist Leo M. Lubliner of Brooklyn added another last week: "About 60% of our population over 40 years of age suffers from pyorrhea."

Dentist Lubliner has been peering into mouths, sometimes fetid ones, for 17 years and has seen many a case of pyorrhea. But, like other dentists, he has not known the cause. Nor does he know yet, although, he said last...

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