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Britain’s Worst Teeth

So I was channel surfing last night and saw this show ... can you say ewwwwwwwwwww?

These folk were all in their 20's and looked like they had 20 years worth of Meth Mouth, I know the the folks in england with a reputation for bad teeth, but these were bad, real bad, gross bad. They blamed it on sugar and poor dental hygiene, ok I'm buying the poor dental hygiene but I don't know how you could eat enough sugar in 20 years to get that leave of tooth decay, as one dentist said "You have the teeth of a 100 year old person."

Most of them got there teeth fixed but one girl had such a fear of dentist that she couldn't go through with it and for her to get sedation dentistry, which is common in the US there is a 2 year waiting list in England's heath system ... good ole socialized medicine for you.

So if you have friends or kids that won't brush and take care of their teeth have them watch this show. One thing I learned from traveling around the world is you can spot a American in a crowd just by the looks of their teeth, Americans are obsessed with straight, white, perfect teeth and really shows. Many countries have good quality dental care just the people don't go ... most of the Brit's I met when I use to go there often that had good teeth, could take them out.

Have you seen this show? 

I saw it on the Simpsons when Lisa needs braces and the sadistic dentist scares Ralph with the "Big Book of British Smiles".  I didn't know they turned it into a show.

Funnily enough I've lived in Britain all my life and I've never seen any real evidence of teeth as bad as those!

I vaguely remember a joke that has a fire breaking out at the Oscars, and the only bodies that could be identified afterward were the British actors and Steve Buscemi.  :teddyr:

I am a British and have lovely teeth, 'ere ya go

(http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7110/teeth08xo.jpg)

I think the belief that all British have bad teeth is about the same as all Americans all overweight. Some are, and since they are bigger than the skinny people that's who you see, I've been to the UK several times and I saw plenty of fine teeth and I saw some that fit the stereotype to a tee or should I say tooth?

I laways had trouble with my teeth since I was very young, my mouth was either too small for all my teeth or too big. My folks told me that I was forever on medication for this, that or the other and my teeth were weak as a result.

In 2006, I'd had enough of the gaps in my mouth and the bad breath, so I had an op to remove them. Now I can smile and eat properly for the first time in many years.  :smile:

I just got simultaneous images of two different uncles of mine. One never wore his dentures and liked to chew tobacco. Quite a sight. The other always wore his dentures, but liked to occasionally pop them out onto his lips, to either amuse us kids or scare the hell out of us. My dad, on the other hand, only wears a partial, which he used to pull out and lick clean at the dinner table for many years.

Tell me you don't do any of those things.

:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: I'm sorry that I've already given you karma this morning because now I have to wait until tomorrow to give you some for this, which really made me laugh. :bouncegiggle:

I play with my teeth now and then: when I meet people (especially those with kids) I know in a mall for example, I do an impersonation of Peter Sellers in The Party, greet them with clasped hands al la Ben Kingsley in Gandhi and push my top choppers out. This usually makes them laugh but makes others scream and run like hell.

Another thing I do: I have a very old Kermit glove puppet and I take pictures of him with my false teeth in his mouth. That gets the kids laughing.

One serious thing though: I do tell my young friends that they must look after themselves: sure, eat sweets, drink fizzy drinks, no problem. But always look after your teeth. Otherwise you won't be able to smile like this  :teddyr: when you're my age.

Kids like me: I wonder why?  :teddyr:

Is that something you should do with children? What is this world coming to?!!


And here I thought that in your photo you just had gas ...

I'm guessing that they don't put fluorite in the water there? When I was a kid it seemed everyone over 40 had false teeth, now I'm over 40 and I know of no one with them that is under 70. (With the exception of those under the crown.)

 :teddyr:

I remember having fluorite in the water in Rhodesia when I was a kid: I always told my parents that if I wanted milk, I'd get it from the cow or the fridge. There was some sort of a health scare over it and the fluorite was removed.

I live in rainy 'old blighty unfortunately. I've been told by several dentists that I have "perfect teeth", I've never had any decay or fillings or braces or anything else that they slap on your choppers...I admit tho' that they are stained (I say so anyway), got that nice sweetcorn yella' look i suppose!  :teddyr:

thats a classic ralph moment there

I think the Ralph tells the dentist he brushes every day and the dentist in some kind of German accent shouts" Ralph, why must you turn my office into a house of LIES!!??" Yup a classic.

Ah, the dental discussion. I wore braces for four years! and yes, when it was over i had great teeth. Let me tell ya though, it only takes a few really good fist fights to destroy four years of work. I've been on Staydol now for about three years; between that and the constant vomiting with this stomach disorder i've picked up, i'm starting to see issues in my mouth. Unfortunately, i'm not blessed with dental insurance; so I've been having a little done at a time. I can't help but think everytime I recieve a receipt from the dentist that i'm in the wrong line of work... Who needs a degree a in Criminal Law and Sociology? Dentistry is making money hand over fist (or mouth).

A dentist friend of mine told me he and other dentists are seeing a big increase in tooth decay in the past few years, especially in children, because so many people turn their noses up at tap water and will only drink bottled water. They don't get the dose of flouride us lowly tap water drinkers do and so their teeth pay the price.

The hell are you getting into fist fights over?  Hope it's not with a guy, any guy who punch a chick is a f**king COWARD in my book.  (Slap, maybe, but that's only if she's hysterical or slaps you first.)

I was a bit of a hell-raiser in my day...
As far as guys that hit women, yes I had one of those once. He only hit me once, guess he thought I wouldn't fight back. he also probably didnt' forsee himself going to the emergency room after being shot with a cross-bow either  :teddyr:

I don't think that a-hole we'll make that mistake again! But aint it illegal to carry crossbows?

HAHAHAHAHA!!! oh lawdy....HAHAHHAHAH! KARMA!! That made my day!!!
I used to have nice teeth...untill the age of forty,I would brag about having all my original teeth...
then about the age of 42 I started gtiing bad tooth aches...one of my back teeth fell out. A year late another,on the opposite side fell out. then a front bottom one went...and finallyone of my front top ones. Now I look like a Jack-O-Lantern.  :bluesad:



 A gal after me own heart! Or some on elses...depending on yer aim!   :thumbup:

well, my aim was a little a off..i got him in the shoulder instead of the throat; which is probably a good thing or else I'd probably writing this post from prison...

When you back a person in a corner, they become a lot like a scared animal. They'll do anything they can to defend themselves.

I'm not advocating violence; but I"m not about to let myself become a victim either, although the look on Marc's face was priceless.

I'm 25, almost 26, and my teeth and holding up ok.  Not fantastic, but ok.

I had braces for 2 years, 1994-1996 (Ages 11 1/2 - 13 1/2).  As a result, I have receeding gums on over one tooth on the right side of my mouth.  It''s not terrible, but something I'll eventually get fixed.

I broke a tooth (A molar, thank goodness, not visible!!!) in September 2004, and had to have a root canal and a cap fitted on the broken tooth.  I have 3 fillings, all of them done between age 12 and age 17.

My second round of sealants (done at age 13 - original ones done at age 11) are still intact on my bottom molars, which has protected them (obviously not the one that broke!) from cavities.

I have fantastic dental coverage, but I haven't had enough time in 2 years to make a dentist appointment (which I will do this fall - crazy work schedules and commitments keep me busy).  Another reason I'm psussyfooting about going to the dentist is my wisdom teeth, which I should have had pulled by now, but they don't hurt, are not impacted or infected, and I quite frankly cannot take time off from work to have them removed (I also am going back to school part-time, and take a dance class, so I can't halt all activities for my damn teeth!). 

However, I will never let my teeth wind up looking like a British stereotype.

(http://www.merryswankster.com/images/Ozzy_teeth.jpeg)

There's the image that will keep me up tonight...

British people can't always help their teeth, but you know, they could wash their hair more often than too many of them seem to. I don't know what that's about but for real, you just don't see that among most of the rest of the English-speaking world. Shampoo's not even all that expensive. Suave. Why don't they even use something like Suave? I kid you not, most of those wonderful double-decker buses in London sincerely---hand over heart here---have grease streaks along the sides where people's heads rest.

That's obviously not the case everywhere in England, I'm not really going to be all defensive about my country's people as I hate about 90% of them and the actual country itself. But, I can proudly say that I wash my hair on a daily basis and it is a labour of love.  :teddyr:

God bless you, Circus_Circus, both for your impeccable hair hygiene and also for setting a good example to your countrymen!  :cheers:

Ewww, I cannot stand GREASY hair!!

Even cheaper than Suave?  V05!  It costs me 77 cents a bottle to stock up on this shampoo.  I get highlights done, which de-grease my hair, but I also use clarifying and balancing shampoos to keep the grease at bay.  I also wash it daily - most of my magazines say to wash it three times a day.  Apparently they haven't met me and my bedhead from Hell.  And when I get sick, it's about 20 times worse - I named it "Sickhead."  It's bedhead that sticks up in weird places that it wouldn't normally stick up!

Welcome back!  :thumbup:

I know what you mean...I take a lot of medicines and some of them will build up in your hair. I love Ion Silk shampoo (available at Sally's and most hair salons). Its the best I've ever came across for clarifying long hair and it won't wiegh down your hair either like a lot of shampoos will if you have longer hair.

Sorry, I've come into the discussion late...

Are we saying the British never shampoo their teeth?

 :bouncegiggle: Errr....Yeah!