Medicine: U. S. Teeth

On the basis of reports sent by 11,000 dentists to the American Dental Association, that body announced last week from Chicago:

1) That they could have predicted in advance what Selective Service administrators have found—20% of training candidates are unfit because of poor teeth.

2) That 25% more women go to the dentist than men—because of the "cultural lag of the male and the female's natural esthetic desires."

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