Do Brits really have bad teeth?
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idk I'm american and never meet a british person in real life but they prolly have better teeth then me and no not all americans belive the sterotypes most of us just take it with a gain of salt like the liberal minded and pertinacious californas who all live on one big beach.
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Only if they can't catch their sister.Internet Kraken said:
OT: I think it might be an age thing. I've met quite a few Brits, and all the ones around middle age or older ALL have bed teeth. I dated a British girl for a spell and she said that is actually kind of true, back in the day dental care wasn't really a big concern... or so she said.
No. But we all drink tea and eat crumpets. We also wear suits all the time and listen to the queens address every afternoon. Oh and heaven forbid anyone is to utter the words ... "sex" in front of us. Oh I say, pardon my rash language.
Now, I have to take exception to that one... as an Irishman, I can say quite categorically that we actually are all drunks.Spineyguy said:
(Actually, and on a serious note, as someone working in the alcohol industry, I can also say that the UK & Ireland are HUGE markets for selling alcohol, compared to other countries of similar size, because they do like a drink.)
Finally, my wife's English, had bad teeth, got braces, now fine. Don't all Americans in trailer-parks have bad teeth too? There are estates in England (which will be similar to trailer-parks, I suppose) which are full of can't afford it / can't be bothered levels of bad teeth, for similar reasons as the American Trailer-Parks.
The one difference is that no Brit tends to go to the polished anchorman straight-edge diamond white level of tooth-care, as it looks ridiculous.
its like all sterio types, some people fit the bill a lot dont...for example i know a french man who is not a cheese eating surender monkey.
I also know brits who live in country houses who sit arround drinking tea all day ...although i have never heard someone talk like they show us talking on the telly.
I also know brits who live in country houses who sit arround drinking tea all day ...although i have never heard someone talk like they show us talking on the telly.
Briths and Irish drink beer. That's kids stuff, say I. Finns consume the most hard alcohol in the whole world.Spajus said:
OT: No.
Dental care is very important to Americans because people in films and on television have perfect pearly whites, So good dental hygiene is associated with power and money and general well being.
It mostly started when tooth decay and diseases like scurvy where found to promote heart attacks and lung disease. All the rich people including those on television stated getting better dental care and it continued from there.
So, Its not that all British have bad teeth, Its that Americans have better teeth by the majority.
I personally have poor teeth by American standards, I have a small but noticeable overbite and yellow teeth are hereditary in my family, So I've just never cared.
It mostly started when tooth decay and diseases like scurvy where found to promote heart attacks and lung disease. All the rich people including those on television stated getting better dental care and it continued from there.
So, Its not that all British have bad teeth, Its that Americans have better teeth by the majority.
I personally have poor teeth by American standards, I have a small but noticeable overbite and yellow teeth are hereditary in my family, So I've just never cared.
Actually my teeth are terrible. They look just fine, but I've inherited the most fragile set of chompers from my dads side that I need fillings pretty much whenever I go to the dentist. I've had to start actually cutting stuff like coke out of my diet in an attempt to actually keep my teeth, which is a shame.
You probably know more about your own people than I do, I wasn't really expecting anyone to reply by saying that any of the stereotypes raised were true! My uncle was Irish and he was completely wankered every time I ever met him, I was mid-rant at the time and might have forgotten that.
Also, I think whoever started this ridiculous thread was thinking more about tooth decay than just having crooked teeth like your wife. Living in upper-lower-middle-class Warwickshire I can honestly say that I don't know anyone with major tooth decay. I beleive that the majority of British people are fairly consciencious about their teeth.
While it is true that the council-estate dwelling, beer-swilling, doll-queueing, happy-slapping, street-talking, social-services-tormenting underclass that Britain has developed in recent years probably have generally quite poor personal hygene standards, It is good to remember that they ae not representtive of the whole of Britain, a fact that even I forget sometimes.
Also, I think whoever started this ridiculous thread was thinking more about tooth decay than just having crooked teeth like your wife. Living in upper-lower-middle-class Warwickshire I can honestly say that I don't know anyone with major tooth decay. I beleive that the majority of British people are fairly consciencious about their teeth.
While it is true that the council-estate dwelling, beer-swilling, doll-queueing, happy-slapping, street-talking, social-services-tormenting underclass that Britain has developed in recent years probably have generally quite poor personal hygene standards, It is good to remember that they ae not representtive of the whole of Britain, a fact that even I forget sometimes.