Dental Health Public Service Announcement, 1960s
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| - | What's he doing? | 0:02 |
| Why it's an old superstition: | 0:03 | |
| kissing a donkey relieves a toothache. | 0:05 | |
| (donkey brays) | 0:07 | |
| Well how about this one? | 0:09 | |
| For aching teeth, run three times around the church | 0:10 | |
| without thinking of a fox. | 0:15 | |
| (chuckles) Sound silly? | 0:17 | |
| Well, that's what people used to believe. | 0:19 | |
| Luckily today they don't lean on | 0:21 | |
| fallacies about dental health. | 0:23 | |
| Instead, they've learned the facts. | 0:25 | |
| Where some folks used to think of going to a dentist | 0:27 | |
| only when they had a toothache, | 0:29 | |
| today they go for regularly scheduled examinations | 0:31 | |
| because they know their dentist is a specialist | 0:35 | |
| concerned not only with teeth | 0:38 | |
| but with bone structure, muscles, soft tissues. | 0:40 | |
| He can prevent or treat problems which start in the mouth | 0:44 | |
| and may affect the entire body. | 0:48 | |
| Yes, fallacies about dental health have given way to facts. | 0:50 | |
| And it's a good thing for you and your your family | 0:54 | |
| because a healthy mouth means a happier life. | 0:56 |
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