I'm British and i dont know anyone with "bad" teeth
2007-01-08 01:46:49 · 15 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Ever picture i see of a japanese person it looks like they have way 2 many teeth and they are all crooked
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2007-01-08 01:55:40 · update #1
it's a hollywood created stereotype.
2007-01-08 01:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now that the British have added floride to their water supplies this doesn't seem as pervasive. The one other stereotype about the physical appearance of many British people that still holds true, however, is their propensity for pale, sun-starved skin coloring. British people, and the English ones in particular, are always real easy to pick out on a beach. Ask any lifeguard in Santa Monica.
2007-01-08 01:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jumpin' Jack Flash 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this has anything to do with it but years ago there was an American tv show called M*A*S*H. They had a show on there where they had some British soldiers. There was a dispute about giving the British soldiers tea to drink. I know it was just a tv show but I remember others saying that too much tea was bad for the tea and not the best thing for soldiers to drink who have had serious injuries. Something to do with something in the tea attacking something in the body.
2007-01-08 02:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Merilee L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By bad teeth do you mean crooked? In many countries (USA, Canada, South Africa, etc) once a child reaches early teens , in some cases earlier, if they have crooked teeth, or a mouth crowded with teeth, they are seen by an orthodontist and have to wear braces for a while to straighten the teeth. In Britain it is rare for parents to take their kids to an orthodontist, because of the cost, so that they grow up with horrible, crooked teeth that go bad easily because they cannot be cleaned properly due to the over-crowding.;
2007-01-08 01:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by blondie 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i think its an old stereotype that doesnt apply anymore. however americans tend to whiten/ bleach their teeth a lot more. blondies answer was stupid.. she obviously hasnt lived in britain cos if she had shed know that braces are funded by the NHS so parents dont have to pay for their kids' teeth to be fixed.
2007-01-08 03:46:50 · answer #5 · answered by john9999999 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they don't.. human beings only stereotype them. interior the US, dentists restoration tooth in keeping with visual charm. someplace else, tooth are fixed in keeping with practicality. Seeing some human beings tooth, it incredibly is a ask your self they might nevertheless be ready to bite into meat. tooth are not meant to be all an identical shape and length Lol And sure, white human beings are not fooling anybody with their "white tooth". Europeans genetically have darker tooth.
2016-10-30 08:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because unlike the USA for example our water supply doesn't contain fluoride. As a result our teeth tend to stain more because of it.
2007-01-08 01:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Who says?
2007-01-08 01:56:27 · answer #8 · answered by Barny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you really think the proper way to combat one stereotype is to put forward another?
2007-01-08 01:56:05 · answer #9 · answered by BobbyR 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
What is the source of your information?
2007-01-08 01:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by McQ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋