Originally posted by: TehMac
British teethcare is not renowned. That said, I know a couple of people and they don't seem to have bad teeth. James Bond couldn't get all those hawt Eastern European chicks if he didn't have good teeth.
Originally posted by: compnovice
Originally posted by: TehMac
British teethcare is not renowned. That said, I know a couple of people and they don't seem to have bad teeth. James Bond couldn't get all those hawt Eastern European chicks if he didn't have good teeth.
Austin Powers did...
[*]1) Major dental researchers concede that fluoride's benefits are topical not systemic (Fejerskov 1981; Carlos 1983; CDC 1999, 2001; Limeback 1999; Locker 1999; Featherstone 2000).
[*]2) Major dental researchers also concede that fluoride is ineffective at preventing pit and fissure tooth decay, which is 85% of the tooth decay experienced by children (JADA 1984; Gray 1987; White 1993; Pinkham 1999).
[*]3) Several studies indicate that dental decay is coming down just as fast, if not faster, in non-fluoridated industrialized countries as fluoridated ones (Diesendorf, 1986; Colquhoun, 1994; World Health Organization, Online).
[*]4) The largest survey conducted in the US showed only a minute difference in tooth decay between children who had lived all their lives in fluoridated compared to non-fluoridated communities. The difference was not clinically significant nor shown to be statistically significant (Brunelle & Carlos, 1990).
[*]5) The worst tooth decay in the United States occurs in the poor neighborhoods of our largest cities, the vast majority of which have been fluoridated for decades.
[*]6) When fluoridation has been halted in communities in Finland, former East Germany, Cuba and Canada, tooth decay did not go up but continued to go down (Maupome et al, 2001; Kunzel and Fischer, 1997, 2000; Kunzel et al, 2000 and Seppa et al, 2000).
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
their insurance is either too expensive/non-existant so dental care is a luxury item...not a common 6month interval like it is in the U.S.
Originally posted by: shortylickens
People here have touched on many reasons but the CORE reason is the government doesnt support oral hygene (for whatever reasons). They dont flouridate the water, they dont push proper dental care in health class, and the result is fewer dentists (for lack of a booming business) and people not practicing thorough home care and regularily seeking professional care. They dont do checkups and cleanings once every six to twelve months like many Americans. Many of them dont brush at least once a day like many Americans.
Its just not an important part of their culture.
Most American kids are instructed and watched quite closely during their early years and it normally stays with them as they grow up.
I recall both my parents were very strict with a regular brushing and flossing routine.
Possibly because each of them had spent 3 years in England.
Originally posted by: Pepsei
they put sugar in toothpaste.
Originally posted by: Rogodin2
They don't have flouride in their water.
Rogo
Cavity rates declined equally in fluoridated and non-fluoridated European countries. ?This trend has occurred regardless of the concentration of fluoride in water or the use of fluoridated salt,? write Sir Iain Chalmers, editor of the James Lind Library, which was set up to help people understand the evidence base of medicine, KK Cheng, professor of epidemiology at Birmingham University, and Trevor Sheldon, professor and pro-vice-chancellor at York University.
In 1999, England?s Department of Health commissioned a systematic review on the effects of water fluoridation on dental health and to look for evidence of harm. (York Review). The reviewers were surprised that fluoridation was long endorsed and promoted with such certainty when 3200 world-wide papers failed to show any good quality evidence of benefit or safety. ?Thus, evidence on the potential benefits and harms of adding fluoride to water is relatively poor,? the BMJ?s researchers write.
Originally posted by: shortylickens
People here have touched on many reasons but the CORE reason is the government doesnt support oral hygene (for whatever reasons). They dont flouridate the water, they dont push proper dental care in health class, and the result is fewer dentists (for lack of a booming business) and people not practicing thorough home care and regularily seeking professional care. They dont do checkups and cleanings once every six to twelve months like many Americans. Many of them dont brush at least once a day like many Americans.
Its just not an important part of their culture.
Most American kids are instructed and watched quite closely during their early years and it normally stays with them as they grow up.
I recall both my parents were very strict with a regular brushing and flossing routine.
Possibly because each of them had spent 3 years in England.
Originally posted by: IamBusby
Originally posted by: shortylickens
People here have touched on many reasons but the CORE reason is the government doesnt support oral hygene (for whatever reasons). They dont flouridate the water, they dont push proper dental care in health class, and the result is fewer dentists (for lack of a booming business) and people not practicing thorough home care and regularily seeking professional care. They dont do checkups and cleanings once every six to twelve months like many Americans. Many of them dont brush at least once a day like many Americans.
Its just not an important part of their culture.
Most American kids are instructed and watched quite closely during their early years and it normally stays with them as they grow up.
I recall both my parents were very strict with a regular brushing and flossing routine.
Possibly because each of them had spent 3 years in England.
Where on earth did you hear most of that. Oral hygene is taught right throughout school. 6 month visits are a regular occurance by anyone here wishing to look after their teeth and reminders are sent out by dentists every 6 months as well for the checkups.
Braces are quite common as well at least they were in my school.
To be honest it's one of those urban myths that British people have particularly bad teeth. If you notice a British person with bad teeth it probably sticks in your mind and thus perpetuates the myth where as you may have seen 10 other British people with perfectly fine teeth which you didn't think twice about.
Originally posted by: Allanv
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
their insurance is either too expensive/non-existant so dental care is a luxury item...not a common 6month interval like it is in the U.S.
We have 6 month visits the same as you, it costs now wait for it £15.50 per visit and the under 16s get it free. so do the unemployed. And the poor.
The main reason i would say is that we are not up our own asses about the way we look, yes if you got broken or crooked teeth then fix it.
But most people do not want to spend thousands of pounds on something considered trivial if your teeth are healthy then why go poking around in there.
I was at the dentist last week and all my teeth are fine but 2 at the back have a bigger gap hence food sometimes gets stuck but the dentist advised against doing anything about it as it would be costly and only cosmetic and i am not that stupid to have unnessary work done on my body / Mouth
and to shortylickens no you are correct most people here do not brush once a day like americans we brush twice a day as instructed at a young age by our parents and dentists. Flossing on the other hand is rare.
Only in recent years have the Dentist practices gotten harder to get into thats the NHS dentists which are subsidised by the government but there is always the private ones. And again under 16's go free even in those.
And even if all fails there are the hundreds of dental Hospitals that will treat you.
So to anyswer the OP, crooked teeth are not bad teeth. Perfectly straight teeth on the other hand are not natural like most american boobies all fake and no substance.
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: Rogodin2
They don't have flouride in their water.
Rogo
http://www.pressmediawire.com/...cle.cfm?articleID=2703
Cavity rates declined equally in fluoridated and non-fluoridated European countries. ?This trend has occurred regardless of the concentration of fluoride in water or the use of fluoridated salt,? write Sir Iain Chalmers, editor of the James Lind Library, which was set up to help people understand the evidence base of medicine, KK Cheng, professor of epidemiology at Birmingham University, and Trevor Sheldon, professor and pro-vice-chancellor at York University.
In 1999, England?s Department of Health commissioned a systematic review on the effects of water fluoridation on dental health and to look for evidence of harm. (York Review). The reviewers were surprised that fluoridation was long endorsed and promoted with such certainty when 3200 world-wide papers failed to show any good quality evidence of benefit or safety. ?Thus, evidence on the potential benefits and harms of adding fluoride to water is relatively poor,? the BMJ?s researchers write.