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Sozodont Powder Dental Pot Lid

Dental pot lid for Sozodont Powder depicting man brushing teeth [on lid] SOZODONT POWDER FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH [inside lid] FRAGRANT SOZODONT POWDER / AS THE TEETH OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO AN ACID OR BILIOUS STOMACH ARE LIABLE TO DISCOLORATION, EXTRA FRICTION IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE IT, AND THIS VEGETABLE POWDER USED WITH A STIFF BRUSH IN CONNECTION WITH [THE?] SOZODONT AS OFTEN AS TWICE A WEEK, WILL SOON [?] TARTAROUS ADHESIONS AND LEAVE THE TEETH [?] WHITE. THE DECAY OF TEETH ARISES FROM MANY CAUSES, BUT PRINCIPALLY FROM EARLY NEGLECT, ILL HEALTH, OR THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF TOOTH POWDERS CONTAINING MINERALS OR DELETERIOUS ACIDS WHICH GIVE A MOMENTARY WHITENESS TO THE TEETH, WHILE THEY CORRODE AND DESTROY THE ENAMEL. SHOULD THIS BOX OF FRAGRANT POWDER PROVE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE USE OF THOSE WHO REQUIRE THE POWDER MORE FREELY, IT CAN BE HAD IN LARGE BOXES OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND AGENTS FOR THE SOZODONT. HALL & RUCKEL, NEW YORK. [Rectangular. metal colored bronze]

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New York

circa late nineteenth century

Advertising -- Toothpaste -- United States

Men in advertising

Mouth -- Care and hygiene -- United States

Tooth paste pot lids -- United States

Advertising as Topic

Dentifrices

Dental hygiene

Hall & Ruckel

en

From the Paul Baer Collection, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine

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