West Kootenay Health Forum

~ Dental Prevention Through Topical Fluorides

‘By Dr. D. E. Marquis
Regional Dental Consuitant
to’ West Keoteney Health

Ll
Teeth that have a trace
of fluoride Incorporated in-
to the crystaline structure
of the dental cnamel are
more resistant to dental de-

layers of exposed
tooth surfaces after tooth
eruption by the topical (sur-
face) application of fluoride.
containing agents. The var-
fous methods of topical
fluoride applications also
result in a significant re-
duction in dental decay pre-
valence. And topical fluor-
ide applications on teeth
which have benefitted from
fluoridation of water will
make them even more dis-
ease resistant.

‘he most common
daily use of a topical flu-
oride agent is fluoride-con-
taining toothpaste, for ex-
ample “Crest” (stannous
fluoride) or “Colgate MFP”
(sodium monofluorophate.)
These “therapeutic” tooth-
pastes not only help clean
the teeth but also have a

benefit

a minimum number
trained perronnel.
School dental program have
conducted “Brush-Ins” in
which a whole classroom of
children receive toothbrush-
ing instructions followed
by group self-application of

ecially formulated fluor-
ide toothpaste. These
“Brush-Ins” may con
ducted annually or quarter-
ly under the supervision of
teachers, nurses, and den-
tal personnel, Each group
“Brush-In" requires approx-
imately an hour to com-
plete. Dental decay reduc-
tions of greater than 30 per
cent have been reported.
The advantage of “Brush-
In" programs is that in-
struction of oral home-care
can be combined with top-
teal fluoride applications
for large groups of child-
ren in a short working per-
jod. Cost of conducting such
programs is low in terms of
money and time required
when compared to the sav-
ing from reduced dental de-
cay.

x A similar method of
self-applied fluoride egent
makes use of fluoride
mouthrinse at weekly in-
tervals by groups of child-
ren. This simplified method

ed bi
of ef

of topical fluoride treatment
requires only a few minut-
es of school time each
week and costs

less than a $1 per child.
This method, recently used
for 20 months in Portland,
Oregon, schools, resulted
in 8 gnificant reductions in
decayed permanent teeth in
the order of 25 to 50 per
cent in varlous groups.

It Is increasingly ap-
parent that a major area of
tooth decay can be prevent-
ed by. combined use of sy-
stemic and topical fluoride
therapy. Fluoridation of all

L, J. NICHOLSON

at least 60
is apparent in comparative
studies of ind

Cominco N
Pollution
AA.

a
non-fluoridated — communi-
ties. Furthermore, the use
of topical fluoride agents

le

The appointment of L.
J. Nicholson as manager,

communities could reduce

Cominco Ltd. has been an-

dental’ decay pr by
approximately one-third.

e resulting saving in
dental care costs is match-
ed. by prevention of much
discomfort, suffering, in-
convenience, and apprehen-
sion by you and your child-
ren,

vice-president and general
manager, production.
Nicholson had
been in charge of effluent
control, industrial hygiene,
and analytical laboratories
since 1966. He also retains
his former responsibilities
for reclamation, land man-

Sugar and Spice

I'm rather interested in the
subject of marriage these
days, for various reasons.
Not for myself. Oh, no.
Once bitten...

But I was asked to write

ance.
Most modern dentifrices

contain an abrasive, sur-’
agent,» flawor-

face-active
ing oils, sweeteners, water,
a a wetting agent, binder,
and preservative. In addit-
ion, therapeutic dentifrices
contain a decay-preventing
agent such as a fluoride
compound, an. antibiotic,

a for a mock wed-
ding to take place at a bridal
shower recently. used
some stock gags. “Marriage
is a solemn institution, and
is only to be entered into if
you wish to spend the rest
of your life in an institu-
tion.” And “Do you take
this woman to be your
awful wedded wife?”. And
the conclusion, from a “*bis-
hop” who has his services
contueed “And may. God

ve. mercy upon | your
Soule” Stuff like that.’

Thought that was the
end of it. Then my daughter
arrived home for a weekend,
with her current fiance. It
seems the young man had
asked her to marry him.

The weekend was pretty

ol
urea-ammonium compound.
Only those containing flu-
oride ds have sig-

a

thing, where the parents and
the boy friend are exposed
to one another, with the

} bride sitting by,

proven

ness.

‘Topical fluoride appli-
cations may also be applied
to the teeth by your den-
tist. The teeth are thor-
oughly cleaned using an ab-
rasive compound followed
immediately by surface ap-
plication of a topical fluo-
tide solution or gel con-
taining stannous fluoride,
sodium fluoride or fluoro-
phosphate. This treatment
is repeated annually or
semi-ancually resulting in a
reduction in decay of 30 to
60 per cent. The advantage
of this method of topical
fluoride application is its
relative simplicity, _effec-
tiveness in control of den-
tal decay, optional use, and
convenience. The major dis-
advantage is requirement
of expensive, scarce dental
appointment time, and thus

another mmar

Sure enough, Dad pounced
on that. Oh, please Mom,
don’t go into that three-
hour story about how you
and Dad lived on $60 a
month when you were mar-
tied. Oh, lordy, why is Dad
asking him all those ques-
lions about. how much a
sculptor makes, how many
sculptures he’s sold, and
how he’s going to pay back
his student loans, as well as
mine because by George he
isn’t going to support us?
Oh, dear, 1 wish I'd never

limited

With the recent devel-
opment and use of self-ap-
plied agents containing flu-
oride, such as mouth rinses
and special toothpastes,
much greater population
protection can be achlev-

Glidden

Actually, it wasn't like
that at all. In fact, 1 took
the whole thing very lightly,
as who wouldn’t whose
daughter has been engaged
three times within a year.
The only thing that floored
me_was that Kim said this

PAINT
SALE

fellow wanted to ask my
permission to marry her.
This seemed so old-worldly
in this day and age that I
immediately became suspi-
cious, as...

(Uh-huh. Wants my per-
mission, eh? Let’s see, Per-
mission _ means approval.
Approval means it’s going to
cost me a lot of money, one
way or another. And so on.)

However, as I said, | took
it all rather off-handedly un-
til T went downstairs Sun-
day morning, and found my
wife and daughter arguing
about the wedding: how
many guests, who they were
to be, what: she’d wear,
“where the reception would
be,‘and all that azz. “7”

“What wedding?”, - 1
roared into the

Professional
ae Be. and’oE-the Air

whom 35 are engaged in
environmental control work,
His office is at Trail and his

cover all

from UBC, In 1938,
transferred to chemical and

char,
and
ministrative assistant.
Widely known for his
activity in pollution control
work, Mr, Nicholson has
given many talks and has
written ‘several papers on
the topic. He is a member
of the-Chemical Institute of
Canada, the Association of

control] for |

BEHIND THE HACK

By SANDY and STASH

The three sheets of ice
the Castlegar

When Sunday rolls in,
some lucky foursome com-
rised of two men and two
Traies will have the hon-
ors AP representing the WK
e

B.C. play-otfs to
held in the Smelter city,
ara the following week-

We do hope a Castlegar
rink will have this honor.
They have eve! thing going

for them — 5
their own Ice
a

,

the previous year.

‘The hard working cou-
ple, Gordie and
Mary
looking after the entries,
report there should be 13
to rinks competing in |
this double knock-out draw.
Spectators are urged to
come down and cheer for
the local curlers and en-
joy the thrills that go along
with zone playdowns.

who _ will
top honors in
, college playdowns
to be held in Prince George

sportmanship manner at
that curling town of the
north. .

Ranger Group
Gets Three New
Members
Three new members
were the
Vathal!
mand Jai
joined the Robson group in
a candlelight ceremony.
Held at
iet_commi
D. R. Hill, the ceremony
was. followed by an male
ner prepa e
Is. The occasion was also
fo mark the birthday of
Baden-Powell.
1 evening conclud-
ed with games and fellow-
ship.

Snowmobiles
Invade Privacy

Bill Stoochnoff of Oot-
tischenia wishes people
would ask permission before
they use property for
snowmobilin,

He told RCMP in Cast-
legar that fruit trees on
private p:
damaged
ers. He
mind showing snowmobilers
where to operate, “if they
just asked me.”

Police officers asked

co!

The
OWS:

Selkirk boys: — Skip,

3 third —

Inks are as fol-

performance.
Selkirk Mixed: Skip,
Brien Lemoel, third, Connie.
rege; second, Terry Bu
litz ‘and lead, Val Mayson.
“Dutchy” was’ quoted
as saying, “for years

been to get that big
title, “ang a various

°
Pollu-
ion Contié¥" Association.

“K Canal

At least it stopped them
long enough so that they
could re-group forces and
attack me. I discovered that
I was an old fud, a fuss-pot,
an obstacle in the course of
truc love, a cynic, a mate-
fialist,’ and a few other
things such as a miser, a
hypocrite (“You and Mom
idn’t have a nicke] when
you got married”), and a

Contract Invited
By B.C. Hydro «

B.C. Hydro has invited
bids for a contract to ex-
eavate and the

now): maybe as:coach, I can
at least say I helped to win
one.

Good-luck “Dutchy”
with your past experience,

that be more
considerate while indulging
in the sport in this area.

" Low Plane

New Denver police are
investigating circumstances
surroun a_ low-flying
aircraft last week.

The detachment there
contacted the Castlegar
RCMP who told New Den-
ver the plane 0!

POLICE
REPORTS

BURGLARIES

RCMP in Castlegar are
investigating two burglar-
ies which occured over the
past week,

About 3 a.m, last Fri-
day, a police patrol noted
evidence of a break-in at
Pardman’s Furniture, En-
try was gained to the store
by breaking a plate glass
window, and missing a
record changer valued: at
bi and a speaker worth

On Tuesday, a small
amount of demoral was tak-
en from the Castlegar and
Kinnaird Clinic on ines St

olice say entry: was e
by smashing a rear ‘viadow.

SHOPLIFTERS

Two juveniles were
apprehended this week af-
ter indulging in a shop-lift-
ing spree at Super-Valu.

Police said the young-
sters took a couple of long
playing records and four
ges of cigarettes,

ie suspects were
turned over to their parents
and the matter was report-
ed to the probation service,

pac

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* ‘canal for the Kootenay Can-

al er project. Closin;
date for tenders is ‘April

agreed to all charges, which
took. the steam out of their
attack,

Sent the kids off with a
flea in their ear, and half
our Sunday roast. The flea
will buzz unheeded, and the
roast will be scoffed with
gusto, That’s life..

Would it were as simple
for everybody as it is for the

a
three-mile-long canal, on
the south side of Kootenay
expected to. start
summer. Several
hundred men will be em-
ployed. i
The construction con-
tract will include the buil-
ding and later removal of
a cofferdam in Corra inn
cy ant

River is
ear]

chap who ran the
advertisement in the ‘per-
sonal” column of the city
paper recently:
PROFESSOR
of surgery and head of surgi-
cal research of a North
American. university, wid-
ower, age 60, financially
very comfortable, brilliant,
good looking, in excellent
health, active in sports, with
broad interest in the human-
ities, arts and music, wishes
to mect an elegant lady of
Jewish faith, age 40 to 50,
good looking, intelligent,
and independently wealthy.
Object — matrimony.

The rest of the ad dealt
with the mechanics..'The
ladies were to send photo-
graph and all details, If they
shaped up, a meeting would
be arranged selectively by
telephone, If they didn’t,
they would get their junk

ack.

Well, 1 can’t help but ad-
mire the man for laying it
on the line, even though he
is obviously an arrogant
boor. He'll get so many let-
ters he'll never have time to
get married.

construction of the . canal
and excavation
and construction of the can-
al proper, including miscel-
Taneous roads.

twill also

penstecks, located
across Kootenay River from
the. existing South Slocan

plant.
The powerhouse, pen-
ociated instal

River at Corra Lin
the new powerhouse

the water will re’
Kootenay River.

First power from the
Kootenay Canal — hydro-el-
ectric power project will be

generated in 1978.

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Marked by Castlegar Couple

A 64th wedding anniv-
ked last

a wi
\. Wiig worked:.as a black-
» smith for Cominco until he

and his wife retired to Cast-

Tom ‘Davidson, -(Luella). at

SHS.

"Our Senior-Boys played
the “Trail Hawise’ Friday.

They: defeated’: the Hawks: '
50-44.

«They, will-host-two of

three Nott.

tween “Trail Hawks to

Seterming the Wert Koot-
“AA” champion.

. The schedule is as fol-

. The win-
ner will then.face the East
Kootenay winner. in a two-
game total point playoff, in
the West tenay Cham-
plon's gym on'March 3 and

The final ‘winner . will
represent the Kootenays in
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day
importance of foul shoot

B. They scored 20 out o:

fouls ‘shot. ‘They had a 77
per cent jayerage, while
Managing 01 15: out 57
field shots, ‘which is 26 per
cent average.

it The. high scorers, © for

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* plemented the pink

“; 38-28,

Williams Lake; Mrs, Jack
Flamank, (Alvina) at White
Rock. The two sons are:
Clifford at: Minnedosa, Man.
and Joseph at Vancouver.

and
eme,
> Mrs. Wiig was attired
in a pink lace dress accent-
ed by a pink carnation cor-
sage. ir. Wiig wore a
pinite camation: boutonn-
ere.

SPORTS

the Rockers were, Brian
Polonikofé : with 16
Ken Carlton: vith

white th

was Whithe
points. The Hawks = shot
46 per cent average from
_ the field; but were: out re-
bounded by the Rockers.
Sat in. Nelson,
Brian: Polovnikoff led the

one I

sa

playofis.

The junior girls played
last Tuesday and won 21 to
19, Susan Moore was’ the
bit scorer with 11 points.

en they played Nelson
and won 25 to 14, Susan
again wes the high scorer
with nine points.

they
and won 47-

The Senior Rockettes
played the = Trail wks,
iday and were .defeated
Kim Pacho! was
the high. scorer. with 10
points, and she was also the
high rebounder with 15 re-

ds.

Saturday the girls play-
ed the Nelson Me a eretien,
they were defeat by. as

were the high rebounders
with: eight rebounds each.

D-BAR-D

He
‘who “monopolize
‘ i an

the pipedreamer

By BRUCE RAMSEY

tn a brave moment the other night, | ssid to myself.

“spring is coming, it's time to think of helidays,”. so | went

to my collection of Baedeker

guide books and came up with

ene on Canada published in 1900,

To those unfamiliar with a Baedeker Guide, let me say
there is nothing quite like them. They are so detolled they
have often been called a “Spy's Guidebook.”

So what does it say about this area?

“From

1 a STEAMER

daily through

the Arrow Lakes to (135 M) Robson (fare $6.40), facilitating
communication with an ‘Important mining district.

“Robson has steamer and railway communication with
Spokane and with an adequate service of boats and trains.

this might make an excellent
tes to the Yellowstone Park.

_ “The sail ‘down the Upper Arrow Lake, which is sur-
rounded with forests is very pleasant, At places the banks®
tise in perpendicular cliffs. At its foot lies Nakusp, the junc...

tion of a branch-railway to

river-stretch of 20 M connects Upper, Arrow Lake with Low- —

route from the Canadian Rock-:

the Sfocan Mining District. A

er Arrow Lake (1380 ft), a similar expansion, 55 M long and
2 M wide. From the foot of :his lake the Columbia runs be-
tween mountains to (15 M) Robson (1375 ff) (Robson Ho,

at the mouth of the Kootenay River. Another steamer plies
from Robson to Little Dalles; (fara from Revelstoke $9), In.
Washington, 45 M lower down.”

He then takes his readers to Rossland “33 M., railway
in 2% hrs, (Fare $2.25.) This line descends the W bank. of
the Columbia, 15 M, Murphy. — 21 M. Trail (Crown Point
$2.25; Meakin), 8: mining town of about 2,000 Inhab.,
which has sprung into existence since’ 1894 and now con-
tains the largest smelting works in Canada. . . :

“From Robson to Nelson, 28 M., Columbia & Kootenay

Rallway in 1%2-1% hr.
the Ke or Ke

This line runs along the N bank‘of-

River,

ig a view of the

splendid Rapids of the Kootenay, which form actual water-:
falls about halfway between Robson and Nelson, From (15

M) Slocan Junction a branch

line runs to the N to (32 M)

Slocan. City (Arlington $22) — 28 M Nelson (Phair Ho.
$2¥2; Hume Ho) on the S bank of the Kootenay, Is a mining 7

town with 1200 inhab. and a
That would have been a

large. smelter.” :
nice trip to make, seeing the

“splendid Repids of the Kootenay” and visiting Murphy.
Wonder what Murphy was like?

Youth Information Project's :.

Drop-In Centre

The Youth Information”
Project on Front St. an-
nounces the replacement of
its drop-in _ cent which
has been in operation since
June °3, 1970. eS

vA kesman “for the
YIP centre. said there: will
be no interuption of:the ser-
vices provided. by the cris-
is tre ‘which: operates
from the same x

fo be Dropped

lounge area... Workshops on
pottery and. weaving are be-
ing planned, some evenings
may be set aside for mov-

‘Wes
Project*which al-
its office and edit-
ing )room’.in the’ centre
and there-is a possibility of

- Project organizers .. he
said, recognize. the need
the drop-in | facilities filled,
‘but feel that more supervi-"*
sion and-planning ‘is need-
ed to e it successful.
Most of the staff are pri-
_ marily ‘interested in. main-
taining and expanding the
‘crisis-referral - information
service and do not have the
time and energy: required
to maintain the drop-in.
Various activities are
Planned to use the space
once devoted to drop-in

Burt Campbell |

sharing the space with oth-
or ‘ty-minded

¢ org:
anizations.

The ‘project
stressed | that. th
ment:- of. energies and the
change in cnetfabie services
was not meant to effect the
crisis information :
Ro! ostéling . service
which ‘will continue as us-
wi ; ;

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Hits Out © -

At Hippies |
The “American hippies
ie

and draft dodgers” ‘in thi
Slocan Valley: came in for
shi criticism in the B.C.

i (Revelstoke-Slocan).

said these people ~
rovincial
id drive ‘the

Slocan’ Valley into second
rate citizens, +

speech, Mr.
Campbell referred to nude

* frolicking at the. Appledale

bridge, and‘ at the Nakusp
Hot Springs and of hippie
depredations at the Steven's
Creek campsite at What-

candidates for Project SAM,
and of . keeping “unruly
stock” including goats.

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fered by the department of
education in Victoria.
Upon successful . com-
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course of studies, candidat-"
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pin.
Applications for the
course can. be . obtained
from the Correspondence
Department of Ed-
ucation, Victoria. *
‘The course if available
on. a free basis untik June
30, 1972.

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‘SPRING CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE — ASK FOR YOUR-COPY | Bs Phono 365-3294
5 - : of . / “y_ One Mile South of Welgh Scales at’ Ootischenia

Automotive Service
Phone 365-7532

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