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I. CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGIC FINDINGS

THEODOR ROSEBURY, D.D.S.; L. M. WAUGH, D.D.S.

Am J Dis Child. 1939;57(4):871-893.

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It is recognized, as a consistent result of the studies of many observers, that primitive peoples in widely scattered areas of the world are little subject to dental caries until they come into contact with civilized races and adopt some of their habits, when they suffer markedly increased incidence of decay. Such observations have been reported particularly of Eskimos,¹ and also of African natives,² New Zealand

(Footnotes continued on next page) Maoris,³ Hawaiians,⁴ Samoans,⁵ Chinese⁶ and a number of white peoples isolated from contact with the modern world.⁷ There is general agreement, furthermore, that the factors responsible for the observed phenomena are principally, if not entirely, dietary, but attempts to go beyond this point to a more precise interpretation of the data have yielded only conflicting views, which collectively permit no judicious conclusion. For example, the characteristically high protein, high fat, low carbohydrate . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Bacteriology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University.

Footnotes
This paper is Unit 8, Section IV, of "Dental Studies of the Eskimos of North America," directed by L. M. Waugh, D.D.S., Consultant Dentist, Office of Indian Affairs, and Dental Director (Reserve) of the United States Public Health Service.

This work was made possible by a grant from the Office of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior. The follow-up research was aided by a grant for dental research from the Carnegie Corporation. Dr. T. J. Pyle, Dental Director of the Indian Service in Alaska, gave help in the field; Mrs. L. A. Heron. nurse in charge of the dispensary at Bethel, gave help and advice at many points during the field work; Mrs. H. Oman, community worker at Eek and Quithluk, gave assistance in the field and dietary information concerning the Eek natives; Mr. C. Foster Jones, teacher at Kepnuk, furnished dietary information on that settlement; Mrs. Mary L. York, supervisor of the Moravian orphanage at Nunapitsinghak, gave information on the diet at the orphanage; Mr. Willard R. Olsen, trader at Bethel, supplied records of native trading, and Mr. Melvin Anderson gave laboratory assistance at Bethel and at Kokok.

Preliminary reports on this study were presented at the Fifteenth General Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research on March 13, 1937, and were published in the August 1937 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, pages 305-308.

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