Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Eskimo; Alaska; Health; Teeth; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Anchorage; Indian; Pacific; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101485

Fish, Seaweed, Fruit Good For Eskimo Teeth FISH, SEAWEED, FRUIT GOOD FOR ESKIMO TEETH . ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 30. OP)— Dr. T. J. Pyle, dental director for the U. S. bureau of Indian affairs, said here on a visit that diet of fish, seaweed and fruit gives Alaska natives strong teeth. But, he added, those natives adopting the white man's diet suffer toothaches and early decay. "Indians living in villages have much better teeth than those in towns and cities," he said. "Also, Indians in western Alaska have better teeth than those in southeastern Alaska, where almost all of them follow the whites' diet."