Why do Brits have such bad teeth?

Publish date: 2024-05-08

Is it from their rotten souls?

by Anonymousreply 93October 24, 2022 7:06 PM

No of course not. Don’t be silly. They don’t have souls.

by Anonymousreply 1March 26, 2021 8:02 PM

I see - this is the new nasty thing - anti-Brit.

God, you're lame.

by Anonymousreply 2March 26, 2021 8:04 PM

They’ve collectively decided cosmetic dentistry is an expense they don’t care to endorse.

by Anonymousreply 3March 26, 2021 8:13 PM

& the Americans on the other hand with their big bleached straightened teeth look ridiculous - always flashing them fakely in photographs.

by Anonymousreply 5March 26, 2021 8:24 PM

Their horses have better teeth.

by Anonymousreply 6March 26, 2021 8:26 PM

Rotten tooth Brit alert R5!

by Anonymousreply 7March 26, 2021 8:28 PM

The blood is diverted to their engorged xl sized genitals and encyclopedic connoisseurship of tea, whisky, sherry and port.

by Anonymousreply 8March 26, 2021 8:37 PM

From drinking so much tea?

by Anonymousreply 9March 26, 2021 8:43 PM

I believe most Americans trace their ancestry back to England. Which could explain why orthodontist and inhome teeth straightening businesses are common.

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by Anonymousreply 11March 26, 2021 9:29 PM

Though no longer strictly true among the young, fussing over appearances is a mark of the common.

by Anonymousreply 12March 26, 2021 9:29 PM

Candy. Lots and LOTS of candy.

by Anonymousreply 13March 26, 2021 11:24 PM

They have normal teeth. I recently saw a graduation picture of a family member and his mother. He had normal teeth and hers were so blindingly white. He is 18 and healthy too. I guess he needs to bleach his choppers to look “normal”.

by Anonymousreply 14March 26, 2021 11:34 PM

They don't have normal teeth. But overall, their teeth are better than what they were decades ago. My parents moved from a third-world country to England and they were shocked by how nasty peoples' teeth were.

by Anonymousreply 15March 26, 2021 11:40 PM

Actually, statistically the British have better teeth (and more of them!) on average than Americans. The NHS has done wonders who dental hygiene since World War II. The British teeth stereotype is three quarters of a century out of date.

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by Anonymousreply 16March 27, 2021 8:29 AM

Because "chocolate biscuits" and sugary tea are a daily staple over there. Also being an evil colonialist power for two centuries.

by Anonymousreply 17March 27, 2021 8:42 AM

Shhhh OP this is a sensitive topic for our friends across the pond

by Anonymousreply 18October 21, 2022 10:32 PM

Is this still a thing? It was in the 80s and 90s.

by Anonymousreply 19October 21, 2022 10:35 PM

Do they have actual rotten teeth or just ugly teeth because they aren't obsessed with the straightening and whitening like Americans and celebrities?

by Anonymousreply 20October 21, 2022 10:42 PM

^ on that note. what exactly is wrong with straightening and whitening your teeth and thus having some damn pride in your smile if you can afford it? (Not talking abt those ridiculous looking veneers). I have never understood this argument (brits are literally the only ppl in the entire world in my experience who say this). It’s like looking down on people who have a robust skincare / exercise / grooming routine.

by Anonymousreply 21October 21, 2022 10:48 PM

Ask James Cordon. He has all the inside information.

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by Anonymousreply 23October 21, 2022 10:52 PM

Because of Socialized Dentistry. Americans actually had very yellow teeth before the eighties. Probably from smoking so much. Jacqueline Bissette had really yellow teeth in "Class". It's actually distracting. But a lot of celebrities did back in the day,

by Anonymousreply 25October 21, 2022 10:56 PM

Who is this ignorant troll constantly trashing the Brits? I assume it's the obese, middle-aged Meghan fangurl who inexplicably trolls this site calling us fags.

by Anonymousreply 26October 21, 2022 10:57 PM

^ yellow- and snaggle-toothed Brit has arrived and is triggered

by Anonymousreply 27October 21, 2022 10:58 PM

R27 I'm a yellow and snaggled-toothed American. Go back to Lipstick Alley.

by Anonymousreply 28October 21, 2022 11:00 PM

[quote]if you can afford it

Which most average people can't. Stupid Americans take out loans for their looks. Ridiculous.

by Anonymousreply 29October 21, 2022 11:29 PM

A couple thousand years of inbreeding .

by Anonymousreply 30October 21, 2022 11:43 PM

Depends, Bowie looked kinda weird with his American teeth.

by Anonymousreply 31October 21, 2022 11:45 PM

It has nothing to do with healthy teeth if you file your teeth down to a stump and glue "toilet-white" crowns onto them. Example: Hunter Biden. I still have to see a rich Englishman who beats that. Okay, Boy George.

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by Anonymousreply 32October 21, 2022 11:52 PM

Imo veneers don't often improve the looks or the face, rather just makes for an uncanny and plastic trashy look.

Compare these original teeth, a little bit yellow and snaggled arguably but quite endearingly pointy and crooked....

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by Anonymousreply 33October 22, 2022 12:41 AM

^^with the fake ones glued over them, which look depressingly false and strange.

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by Anonymousreply 34October 22, 2022 12:42 AM

[quote] The blood is diverted to their engorged xl sized genitals and encyclopaedic connoisseurship of tea, whisky, sherry and port.

If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.

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by Anonymousreply 35October 22, 2022 12:53 AM

🙊 Big Smile, American CrackWhores

by Anonymousreply 36October 22, 2022 1:05 AM

Have got one veneer over a single tooth (a peg tooth, the lateral upper incisor), and though I've had it for years it still feels really weird in my mouth, and occasionally I remember it's there and become aware of its strange smooth syntheticness. It looks completely real, though, so fair play to my dentist.

Also had traintracks plus extractions as a teen, which apparently straightened my teeth and made more space in my mouth, though I only wore retainers for a few years after then sacked it off (it's so much hassle and quite painful tbh) so my teeth might get totally crooked again in a decade or two. Life's too short.

by Anonymousreply 37October 22, 2022 1:11 AM

They don’t have orthodontists in Britain. In the US, it’s expected that you will fix your kids teeth unless you live in Appalachia.

by Anonymousreply 38October 22, 2022 1:19 AM

So...what country has the best, most attractive teeth? I mean naturally...

by Anonymousreply 39October 22, 2022 1:19 AM

It's because we spit so much bile, OP.

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by Anonymousreply 41October 22, 2022 10:51 PM

When it comes to Mancs it’s cos of all the lying they do

dunno about the rest of us though

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by Anonymousreply 42October 23, 2022 11:39 AM

My teeth are absolutely fine after a lifetime of NHS dental care. I get them ZOOM whitened every couple of years. Americans do love their stereotypes.

by Anonymousreply 43October 23, 2022 11:44 AM

R43 Americans watch british reality shows. We see bad teeth with our own eyes.

by Anonymousreply 44October 23, 2022 11:48 AM

Which reality shows, R44?

by Anonymousreply 45October 23, 2022 1:41 PM

My ex-Facebook friend is from the UK and his teeth are something awful. Brown, crooked and uneven.

by Anonymousreply 46October 23, 2022 1:42 PM

R39 Brazilians have good teeth. It's absolutely standard for them to brush their teeth after every meal. The Brazilians I know find it gross that someone would not brush their teeth several times a day. If you tell them that not everyone does, they look at you the way you would if someone tells you he doesn't wipe his butt.

by Anonymousreply 47October 23, 2022 2:00 PM

That picture is American, R49.

by Anonymousreply 50October 23, 2022 7:16 PM

Brits don't overindulge in meths like Americans do.

by Anonymousreply 51October 23, 2022 7:21 PM

@r50 An American of decidedly British decent. You Brits always seem to forget where Americans came from. That's because you all slept in history class

by Anonymousreply 52October 23, 2022 7:26 PM

Because they’re bad people.

by Anonymousreply 53October 23, 2022 7:33 PM

Could the anti-Brit Megaloon troll please return to Lipstick Alley? Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 54October 23, 2022 7:42 PM

^ You're talking about several different people. You're delusional if you think it's only one person who's fed up with you Brits

by Anonymousreply 55October 23, 2022 7:48 PM

@r54, I'm a Gay American man, YOU get the fuck off OUR site

by Anonymousreply 56October 23, 2022 7:50 PM

R52 Yes, that's why there's a stereotype that British are uneducated and bad at history. Oh no, wait...that's Americans.

by Anonymousreply 57October 23, 2022 8:03 PM

^ Nope, you Brits know shit about cultures or history outside your failed "empire" and you prove it every time you come here with your snotty, condescending attitude

by Anonymousreply 58October 23, 2022 8:06 PM

R56 I'm a gay American man who - unlike you - lived in Europe for many years and has come back to this country appalled by how ignorant, vicious and bigotted Americans are.

by Anonymousreply 59October 23, 2022 8:09 PM

^ 😂 You're a stinky British Frau and I can smell you clear across the Atlantic. You're also a fucking liar

Current status of the not so Great Britain

No Government

No economy

No future

No hope

Good luck, it's going to be a long cold winter without heat

by Anonymousreply 60October 23, 2022 8:16 PM

Plenty of Americans with beautiful teeth and shitty souls.

by Anonymousreply 61October 23, 2022 8:22 PM

^ Most Brits are shit in both areas

by Anonymousreply 62October 23, 2022 8:24 PM

R58 I'm not even British, you dummy. Are you trying to say that Americans have a better education system than Brits?

by Anonymousreply 63October 23, 2022 8:57 PM

^ We certainly do compared to the Brits that comment here

by Anonymousreply 64October 23, 2022 9:00 PM

Bad genes and culturally they just don’t put effort into it. Brushing, floss, braces and some mouthwash could fix a generation.

by Anonymousreply 65October 23, 2022 9:08 PM

^ They could also scrub their ass while they're at it 🤢

by Anonymousreply 66October 23, 2022 9:26 PM

America for all its failings does certain things better. Namely teeth, masculinity and fresher-tasting cut cock (though unfortunately the latter has been changing).

by Anonymousreply 68October 24, 2022 2:48 AM

R64 Like you would know who's British, on here.

by Anonymousreply 69October 24, 2022 4:47 AM

^ If they identify as Brits and make stupid comments, like yours, it's pretty easy, don't you think, love 🙄

by Anonymousreply 70October 24, 2022 4:52 AM

Op, just stirring up shit to bring out the worst in people.

by Anonymousreply 71October 24, 2022 7:10 AM

Americans on TV shows have nice fake white veneers and are good looking and healthy. The average American in the street is overweight, ugly and has terrible teeth.

by Anonymousreply 72October 24, 2022 8:22 AM

58, The US is also a failed empire. You treat Puerto Rico so badly when it needs help.

by Anonymousreply 74October 24, 2022 10:10 AM

^ 😂 You raped, plundered and enslaved half the world. You're stupid, ugly and dirty. Your government is in shambles and your economy has tanked. The world doesn't like you nor do they need you. You're teetering on becoming a third world country

Enjoy your future, time to pay for your past

by Anonymousreply 75October 24, 2022 10:21 AM

We don't have bad teeth and slavery was illegal under the Magna Carta, you xenophobic moron.

by Anonymousreply 76October 24, 2022 10:35 AM

^ Thank you for once again for proving to the world what little understanding you have of history and your place in it

by Anonymousreply 77October 24, 2022 12:09 PM

No one had worse teeth than that odious Queen Mum…if teeth are symbolic of what’s in one’s soul, she was rotten indeed.

by Anonymousreply 78October 24, 2022 1:59 PM

I've always assumed that it's the result of fewer localities deciding the put fluoride in the drinking water, as the decision is made at the local level.

by Anonymousreply 79October 24, 2022 2:06 PM

R79 for the past month or so I’ve been using a natural organic health-food store toothpaste, after having a horrible allergic reaction to a supermarket name-brand one that basically chemically seared my mouth and left my lips bleeding and blistered.

But I fear that going fluoride-free isn’t good, as my gums look less healthy and the gaps in my teeth seem a bit wider now. Somehow I’ve got to find a toothpaste with fluoride but no SLS and such things.

by Anonymousreply 80October 24, 2022 2:21 PM

Question—I had braces and later retainers on NHS dental as a teen/college kid, and until now my teeth have stayed fairly straight. But at 30 I’m now getting a slight misalignment in my bottom front teeth again, probably due to a few knocks in the mouth (clumsiness) and also not keeping up with wearing a retainer as an adult (after several years it gets to be a painful drooling hassle).

I’ve still got my old retainers (now hardened), so could I start wearing them again for a while and in time realign my teeth, or will that not work? Tbh I can live with a bit of crookedness, but it’s annoying me now that I’ve become self-conscious about it.

by Anonymousreply 81October 24, 2022 2:30 PM

[quote][R79] for the past month or so I’ve been using a natural organic health-food store toothpaste, after having a horrible allergic reaction to a supermarket name-brand one that basically chemically seared my mouth and left my lips bleeding and blistered.

NSAIDs can also cause certain mouth lesions.

Also, I realize that the standard snarky answer on DL is to ask for your stuff, but the sudden onset of mouth lesions can also be a symptom of an underlying problem, such as a serious skin disorder called pemphigus, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, Behcet's disease, autoimmune disease, anemia, HIV, or, in rare cases, oral cancer or leukemia.

Also, there are several different types of toothpaste with different active ingredients for anti-cavity. Look closely at the labels. It may also not be the active ingredient but another additive in the toothpaste to which you are having a reaction.

Rather than guessing, if you have insurance, you may want to see a real doctor.

by Anonymousreply 82October 24, 2022 2:42 PM

R75 I presume your country has a sparkling clean past?

by Anonymousreply 83October 24, 2022 2:44 PM

[quote]I’ve still got my old retainers (now hardened), so could I start wearing them again for a while and in time realign my teeth, or will that not work? Tbh I can live with a bit of crookedness, but it’s annoying me now that I’ve become self-conscious about it.

Retainers reflect the alignment of both your upper and lower teeth. While you may be more aware of shifts in the bottom teeth, that shift may be the result of several other shifts in the alignment of both your upper and lower teeth. If you have access to dental care, you are better off going to a dentist, rather than trying to fix the problem on your own.

by Anonymousreply 84October 24, 2022 2:46 PM

@r83, Didn't say that, but for every Brit that points a crooked finger at the US there's four fingers pointing back at her. If our British cousins want to continually throw passive-aggressive shade at Americans they can expect to get it thrown back at them in spades

by Anonymousreply 85October 24, 2022 6:31 PM

[quote]I believe most Americans trace their ancestry back to England.

I think most Americans are descended from Germany.

by Anonymousreply 86October 24, 2022 6:46 PM

^ Hillbillies are all British decent

by Anonymousreply 87October 24, 2022 6:52 PM

R87 more of Scots, Irish or Dutch extraction in Deliverance-land, aren't they?

As I understand it, the settlers in the New World weren't predominantly or even significantly pure Englishmen. Because the English by nature aren't terribly religious or godfearing and didn't go much for Calvinism or whatever, in the end.

by Anonymousreply 88October 24, 2022 6:55 PM

@r88, "The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales,"

Just sayin' 🙄

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by Anonymousreply 90October 24, 2022 7:02 PM

R90 yes, dear. But some Brits are more equal than others.

by Anonymousreply 91October 24, 2022 7:03 PM

^ Or, You Brits skipped history class and now you make it up as you go along

by Anonymousreply 92October 24, 2022 7:05 PM

R89 no, it's not. German-Americans are indeed the nation's dominant ethnic group.

by Anonymousreply 93October 24, 2022 7:06 PM

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