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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Journal of the American Dental Association last week, Dentist S. G. Harootian told how he gave the Deaf Smith treatment a preliminary clinical trial in a Massachusetts madhouse. Dr. Harootian gave capsules of bone flour (rich in calcium, phosphorus and fluorine) to nine women whose teeth were decaying very rapidly. Decay seemed to stop almost at once. During the nine-month trial no tooth decay spread, only one new cavity developed. One hole, drilled for a filling but left empty, did not decay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Block That Cavity! | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

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