For this reason, they officially called themselves the Shoshikai by using a Japanese word "shoshi"(尚歯) meaning "to value dental care," to make them out to be a group of aged hermits, wisdoms, or people who were attached to those of them.
そのため表向きには『歯を大切にする』という意味の『尚歯』を会の名前に使い、尚歯会と名乗って高齢の隠居者・知恵者やそれを慕う者の集まりとした。