Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What's with Americans thinking the English have bad teeth?

I've recently heard that Americans think English people in general have bad teeth. Where did that notion come from? I don't know many people with bad teeth and usually if they do have them they fix them! Just because we don't get them capped with ridiculously white pieces of porcelain or whatever it is, like Americans do, doesn't mean they're bad. Lots of people get braces to actually fix their teeth rather than hide them. Has anyone heard about this? If so, why is it?

What's with Americans thinking the English have bad teeth?
I've never head that...
Reply:I have been to England and I did notice people with really nasty teeth. I dont know what it is. Im from L.A. and people here take care of thier teeth. Its not to hard just brush once in a while. Report It

Reply:Because they do. DUH!! Where u been?
Reply:im not english but my close friend is and her teeth r NICE


i mean real nice
Reply:Look at Amy Winehouse.
Reply:lol, i dont think you guys have bad teeth, and i never heard of it until a year ago, in a cartoon called The Fairly Odd Parents
Reply:hello...have you seen Austin Power movies?


Lol...its just a way to be silly,thats all
Reply:oh thats so stupid, I mean we have white trash meth addicts here in the U.S with teeth that are horrific.....we have NO room to talk!


I am glad that I take really good care of mine, but I dont assume that just because someone is from somewhere, they have bad teeth





I never got veneers or braces and my teeth are fairly crooked, but I felt that was just a minor flaw...and those can be cute!
Reply:Why do all brits think Americans are fat? Oh, wait. Ummm... Yeah...
Reply:i havent heard that but maybe its cause all the british colonial people have false teeth. like george washington
Reply:Because most Brits haven't had $10,000 worth of orthodontry to look like John Bunnell on World's Wildest Police Videos.
Reply:Americans are good in judging people through the country they lived in.
Reply:It's a stereotype that came from somewhere as you know. It might have come from the medieval era where people generally had bad teeth.
Reply:that small group of ppl are sterotyping you guys. While in return ur starotyping that ALL americans think english have bad teeth
Reply:I think they just assume every British person looks like Prince Charles
Reply:I didnt know that!!xx
Reply:I think the opposite is true.





But don't worry. You English should have an international campaign, flashing your pearly whites and showing the Americans that you own them! :p
Reply:Because we americans are obsessed with LOOKS. And if your teeth are crooked or discolored that's a big EWWWWWWWW!!!! to most of the shallow folk over here. Nothing more. Just like face-lifts and boob-jobs.





I'm not including myself in this shallow lot. :)
Reply:Austin Powers may have influenced the U.S. with his bad teeth. I don't know. I don't think you guys have bad teeth.
Reply:Unfortunately, due to a shortage of dentists, a lot of people in UK do have bad teeth. I think what the Americans are referring too isn't so much bad teeth as teeth that aren't perfectly straight. Personaly I think if people have perfectly straight teeth naturaly that's great, my daughters do, but if they are slightly crooked it adds character. There is too much pressure for everyone to look the same, what a boring world it would be if that every happened!
Reply:As an American, I don't think that.
Reply:i'd rather belong to a nation with bad teeth than one which-





invades every country when it feels like it


has a short cretin in charge with his finger on the armageddon button


has the worst civil rights record in the world


thinks its the greatest nation in the world and will bomb anybody who thinks different





remember Americans-we can get our teeth fixed---can you fix your problems so easily??
Reply:Because that is how they are portrayed in the movies that Americans watch. I only know one person from England and his teeth are really great. I pay attention to teeth for some reason....
Reply:I have heard that as well, i was told that English woman look like horses with huge teeth, that the men have rotten teeth and walk around in socks and sandals. That some of the woman have tattoos all over and look like they served in the navy as a skivvy, i have been told all these things, as a matter of fact i thought that Uk never ever got sunshine and cried for days before we moved here, i can now see that there are some people with bad teeth etc but on the whole the females in Britain are so beautiful that shocked me most of all, they were all supposed to look like horses:)
Reply:I can't say I've ever heard that (I'm in the UK by the way), but I was thinking the other day how many perfect teeth there are on American TV programs. NO-ONE has a bad smile, all the teeth are perfectly aligned and white. I know good teeth are an obsession in America but would it hurt to see someone with "normal" teeth once in a while??
Reply:British teeth are more natural and I hope they stay that way!
Reply:This is the first I've heard of it but I don't Like it when things are generalized like that. Stereotypes suck!
Reply:~1~ It's probably the chocolate. I'm pretty sure Brits eat more chocolate per capita than Americans do.





~2~ Americans are already used to sky high medical costs so that $5000 ortho bill gets paid without a blink.





~3~ Brit actors can have a junky grill and still get parts. With American actors, if your smile doesn't gleam like two feet of freshly fallen snow, you can forget it. The real question is why the BBC isn't afraid to show ugly people on tv.
Reply:Why is it that English people believe that Americans believe the English have bad teeth?





Yes I have heard the occasional comment to that effect, and it is probably due to the fact some Americans have their teeth covered.





Don't worry about it if a few Americans are ignorant about our denral health.





Dentstry began in Europe, not America, and cosmetic dentistry is a mask which hides the teeth.
Reply:lol...i love it when people complain about a generalization and then MAKE a generalization.





americans don't ALL ridiculously cap their teeth with "porcelain or whatever"...just like the english don't ALL have bad teeth.





thanks for making me laugh xx
Reply:I've heard it is something to do with people in the days when queen elizabeth the first reigned because she had really bad teeth because she loved marzipan and loads of people in britain had the same problem. It's stupid really because i live in britain and there are more people i know with nice teeth than with bad.
Reply:Go to England and see for your self.



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