Word: dentalized
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...good Americans brush their teeth, but most of them do it wrong. So says the American Dental Association, which should know. Toothbrushing, announced the Association's Journal last week, should begin as follows: "Keeping the handle firmly grasped in front of the nose, place the brushhead on the chewing surfaces of the upper or lower back teeth. . . . Then, lifting the brush, hit down on the teeth six or seven times, with a punching action...
...suggested instead a system of Federal grants-in-aid to the states, for improving local health services. Objects: to build hospitals and health centers, organize health departments where none exist, provide sewage and water-supply systems, milk-pasteurization plants, scholarships and loans to medical and dental students, complete medical care for the needy (through extension of Social Security allotments...
...Play: three fantastically ugly puppets, representing bacteria, loosen a lower tooth, look for a ladder to knock out an upper. Enter the Dentist. Enter also a lady puppet in a tubelike dress, a gentleman with hog-bristled pate. Senorita La Pasta (toothpaste) and Senor El Cepillo (toothbrush) kill the dental gremlins. In a quick change of scene the magnified mouth vanishes, its possessor reappears. An apple-cheeked urchin named Comino, he promises to brush his teeth forever after. As the curtain drops, his audience presumably vows to do just as Comino does...
Costing $750,000 to set up and $150,000 a year to run, the Zamorano school is a princely gift from the great United Fruit Co. to the restive people of its banana empire. Tuition is free. So is everything else, including clothes and elaborate dental work. Most of the 122 students come from poor Central American families of Indian blood, who could not possibly afford a U.S. education for their sons. Said one father of a successful applicant: "It was like winning the lottery...
...fans largely overlooked the line battle for the more spectacular antics of Les Horvath, 165-lb. Buckeye backfield wonder. Horvath, who turned down $6,000 a season with the Cleveland (pro) Rams in order to finish his Ohio State dental course, is the Big Nine's top ground-gainer with 669 yards. With his mates paving the way in a seesaw battle, he twice brought the Buckeyes from behind, scored their last two touchdowns. Final score: Ohio State 18, Michigan...