Calcium, Strontium, Ion Exchange and Tender Teeth
Calcium compounds, as everyone knows, make up the larger part
of our teeth. What is less understood are the roles of other constit
uents, such as protein, connective tissue, nerves and possibly other
sensory pathways—not to mention minute electrical forces.
But let’s mention these other forces because they may be involved
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a fairly common dental ailment
called dental hypersensitivity.
Each of us probably knows some
one whose teeth can’t take cold
or heat or, in some cases, even
pressure.
Today it is no longer a mys
tery to scientists that infinitesi
mal negative and positive electric
charges can play a role in the
movement of nutrients and other
substances into and out of living
cells.
These exchanges occur through
the intact wall of the cell. They
have been shown in moving pic
tures made with exceedingly
powerful microscopic cameras.
First the substance is outside the
cell wall, then suddenly although
no aperture appears, it is inside.
The explanation, simply, is
that some of these substances are
ionic. Ions are electrically
charged atoms or groups of
atoms. They are of two types:
cations bear positive charges,
anions are negative.
It is known that ions penetrate
the apparently impermeable
structure of teeth almost as eas
ily as bats negotiate louvers in
a church steeple. Now this
knowledge has been used to help
explain how strontium chloride
ions can stop the pain of tender
teeth.
A possible explanation was of
ferred by Dr. Milton B. Ross in
the Journal of Periodontology,
in a paper in which he reported
results of a trial of a newly de
veloped strontium-chloride tooth
paste called Ssssedyne. Of 78 pa
tients suffering from dental hy
persensitivity, he said, 65 or 83.3
per cent, showed good to com
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to benefit.
He suggested a double expla
nation to account for his results,
because some patients obtained
relief in a week or within a
month, while others did not show
comparable results for three to
four months.
It is known that strontium ions
can pass through the tooth struc
ture very readily, probably more
readily even than calcium. It is
also known that microscopic tu
bules meander through the tooth's
dentine (ana probably help con
vey nerve impulses). Finally, it
is known that strontium chloride
at a certain concentration blocks
transmission of nerve impulses.
From these known facts Dr.
Ross reasoned that the stron
tium chloride ions of Sensodyne
toothpaste enter the dentine and
thus block the distressful pain
caused by cold, heat, or pressure.
This first half of the explana
tion accounts for some dramatic
cases of quick relief. The second
is that the cumulative effect of
Sensodyne toothpaste, Dr. Ross
suggests, may be the result of re
caicmcation, or hardening of the
dentine, which strontium chlo
ride is also believed to stimulate.
SPECIAL SPEAKERS
SLATED FOR U OF ALASKA
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE
FAIRBANKS Uft — Three per
sons associated with the develop
ment of Alaska and a Colorado
congressman who aided the State
hood fight will be honored during
commencement exercises at the
University of Alaska this year.
Speakers for the graduation ex
ercise Monday, May 28, will be
fcowell Thomas Sr., author, lec
turer, commentator and adventurer,
who visited Alaska first nearly 50
years ago; and Rep. Wayne Nor
viel Aapinall, (D-Colo.).
They will receive honorary
degrees as mU Noel Wien, colorful
Alaskan f$er, the territory’s first
commercial pilot and founder of
Wien Alaska Airlines.
The Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong,
president of Sheldon Jackson Col*
lege at Sitka and veteran Presby
terian missionary in Alaska will
speak at the baccalaureate rites
Sunday, May 27, on the campus.
The elder Thomas is the father
of Lowell Thomas Jr., who now
makes his home in Anchorage.
Congressman Aspinall, a resi
dent of Palisade, Colo., has been
a member of Congress since 1941.
As a member of the House Interior
and Insular Rffairs Committee
aided the cause of Alaskan State
hood.
Memorial Wreaths at Cavotas
SALMON ARE LONG -
DISTANCE TRAVELERS
SEATTLE >JP> — Silver salmon,
king salmon and steelhead trout are
long-distance travelers.
Outstanding examples of fish mi
grations over large areas are rec
orded by the International North
Pacific Fisheries Commission in a
report on the movement of salmon
in the North Pacific Ocean apd
Bering Sea, as determined by tag
ging south of Atka and Adak
Islands were returned from the
Kamchatka River — a distance of
9d0 miles,1* the report, written by
Allan Hartt, says,
"A king sabnon tagged south of
Adak in 1956 was recovered in the
Salmon River, Idaho (having come
by way of the Columbia River)
in 1957.
"The minimum distance it could
have traveled was 2,400 miles.
“A steelhead trout tagged south
of Atka Island in 1957 was re
covered in the Chehalis River, Wn.
—a distance of approximately
2,000 miles.”
The tagging experiments, in the
summers of 1956, 1957 and 1958,
were conducted to determine the
distribution df salmon at sea, with
respect to the continent on which
they originated.
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Modem man is one who drives
a mortgaged car over a bond
financed highway on credit card
gasoline.
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Wien’s First
Tourist Group
Pays Visit to Nome
By Virginia Brown
Wien Airlines brought the first
official tourist group of the sea
son in Saturday—a group made
up of easterners, who had attended
a bankers convention in Seattle.
Following the convention two tours
were planned. One group went to
Hawaii and other chose Alaska.
The following eight picked Alaska:
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith, N.Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon S. Boyd,
Woodbury, Conn.; Miss Eleanor
Provencher, Concord, N.H.; Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Tatnall, Wil
mington, Del.; and Howard B.
Smith, Middletown, Conn.
Aside from the regular Wien tour
which features Nome’s king host,
Charlie Jones, and tour director
Willie Brown; the group was treat
ed to several Nome style fringe
experiences.
Mr. Howard Smith attended the
Republican dinner where he was
very impressed with the speeches,
delighted with the hospitality, good
food and music.
At the dinner he met Nome’s
hostess, Christie Waldheim, a fel
low Dane. This led to an invitation
to Sunday morning waffles, for
our guest the writer. Mr. Smith was
so impressed with the lovely col
lection of brass, copper and por
celain from Denmark, that de
corates Christy’s home; that he re
quested the tour director to return
to the North Star Hotel to bring
the rest of the group that they
might enjoy it also.
Those who appreciate fine art
are always thrilled at Christie’s
collection of not only treasurers
from Denmark, but the Alaskan
collection that includes Eskimo
pictures which she has taken her
self, developed and preserved over
the years. All of the group ordered
photos from the album which is
now available to the public.
After a short trip out on the
Bering Sea, where the group did
some tomcod fishing under the
supervision of Theresa Kunick,
and took pictures; they returned
to the Seaview Room for lunch,
and departed for Anchorage.
The main question was regard
ing the Midnight Sun Festival.
Aaey warned iu meet me iaay wnc
dreamed it up. They had heard oi
the festival through the Chambei
of Commerce brochure, and the
tireless efforts that Johnnie Step
henson put forth on her trip tc
the lower 48. Some of the «rouj
are planning to attend the festival
in 1963, where one of the gentlemen
has promised to show us hh
talents as a singer,
Nome was very lucky 1© plaj
host to such charming and en
thusiastic guests. They were no'
only charming but hardy. Thej
took a walk out on the Baring Sec
in low shoes with no boots. Thii
takes courage.
As the wife of the tour director
may I say it takes tourist to show
us the finer points of our cities
They know what and where tc
look for interesting things in the
places they visit. It wag my firs
time to fish through the ice* Alsc
one of the gentlemen, sent me t
gift of packaged reindeer (cooked
from the airport. It is deliciow
and can be secured from a dis
penser in the airport waiting room
May I also say that we have
wonderful possibilities here tc
make the tourists glad they came
May they all be as nice and ai
much fun as the first group d
the season !
You can hold a queen bee in
your hand in perfect safety all
ghe will sting is another queen
bee.; ;1\
$500 Reward for information
loading to the arrest ana con
viction of persons removing
Lost River Tin Mineproperiy.
Lf# Blfo* Mine
c/o Nome Nugget
R. W. Stratton Jr.
Refused Filing for
Secty. of State Post
JUNEAU — Secretary of State
Hugh Wade said yesterday he will
stick to a decision to refuse a decla
ration of candidacy filed for his
office by Republican R. W. Strat
ton Jr., of Spenard.
. Stratton indicated last week he
might take the issue into court in
an effort to reverse Wade’s de
cision.
Wade refused to accept Stratton’s
telegraphic declaration of candi
dacy because it was not received
in the Alaska Communication
System office here until 11 minutes
after the filing deadline at 5 p.m.,
Alaska Standard Time, May 1.
“Evidently Mr. Wade based his
decision on Senate Bill 6, which
was passed by the 1962 session of
the legislature but which will not
become law until next month,”
Stratton said.
“Since I wired as well as mailed
my application well before the
5 p.m. deadline Anchorage time,
I can see no valid reason why I
should be disqualified.”
Wade disputed Stratton’s con
tention that SB6 will not become
effective until next month, pointing
out that the legislature also ap
proved Senate Bill 297, which gave
SB6 an emergency clause and an
effective date of April 15.
“I can’t understand how mem
bers of the legislature can vote on
a bill and then make such state
ments as Stratton and Rep. Wm. H.
Sanders have,” Wade said.
“The Journal of the House shows
that all members of the House, with
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COUPLE HAS
NO PROBLEM WITH
WITH 18 CHILDREN
CARMEL, Calif, wi — Like many
an expectant couple, Navy Chief
Warrant Officer Francis Louis
Beardsley and his wife, Helen,
hope their first child will be a boy.
That’s just fine with their other
18 children too.
In 1960, Beardsley’s first wife
died of diabetes. They had 10 chil
dren. That same year, Helen North
lost her Navy officer husband in
a jet crash. She was left with eight
children.
They heard of each other
through a friend and exchanged
sympathetic notes. They met. He
proposed six days later. She ac
cepted. Last Sept. 9 Beardsley, 45,
and Helen, a pretty brunette who
is 31, were married.
They set up housekeeping with
their 18 children.
The Beardsleys happily an
nounced Monday that another child
is on the way. Beardsley described
the other 18 children as wild with
excitement.
Beardsley added, “nobody can
appreciate the scene when we told
the children. It was exhilarating. It
was like winning the Irish Sweep
stakes.”
Beardsley works in Monterey at
the Navy’s postgraduate school.
the exception of Rep. Kenneth
Garrison of Fort Yukon, voted to
make the bill effective on the 15th
of April
“I feel, therefore, that my ori
ginal ruling in denying the decla
ration of candidacy for Secretary
of State filed by Stratton was
correct.”
Wade also disputed Stratton’s
contention that the mere filing of
the telegraphic declaration of can
didacy with ACS in Anchorage
prior to the filing deadline made
it a legal filing.
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ly,” Wade said, “that the actual
declaration of candidacy or a tele
graphic notice containing sub
stantially the same information
required in the declaration, must be
delivered physically to me prior to
5 p.m., AST, May 1. Stratton’s wire
was not received here until 5:11
pm., AST.”
MONDAY and FRIDAY
Lt, Fairbanks
Flight 309/310
•sOO man. At. Kotsebue
8:50 un.
Lt. Kotzebue
9:30
At. Nome
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WEDNESDAY
Lt. Fairbanks
8:00
Ar. Kotsebue
Lt. Kotsebue
10:00
Our. Nome
Lt. Nome
9:50 pan.
Ar. Fairbanks
TUESDAY, THURSDAY
and SATURDAY
Flight 311/312
Lt. Fairbanks
8:00
Our. Nome
Lt. Nome
10:00
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8:05 a.m.
Ar. Kotsebue
10:50
Lt. Kotsebue
11:20
Ar. Fairbanks 2:30 pan.
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