Originally Posted by bingobob777 (Post 9431705)

Is it just my office or do an unusually high percentage of Australian residents have hallitosis problems?

It's not just Aussies, it's Brits, Filipinos, Indians, I could name 8-9 people out of 50 who regularly have absolutely stinking breath. It's got to the stage where I'm worried it's me, but either the missus is a good liar or I'm alright.

The mix of BO and breath is putting me to the test :thumbdown:

Originally Posted by bingobob777 (Post 9431705)

Is it just my office or do an unusually high percentage of Australian residents have hallitosis problems?

It's not just Aussies, it's Brits, Filipinos, Indians, I could name 8-9 people out of 50 who regularly have absolutely stinking breath. It's got to the stage where I'm worried it's me, but either the missus is a good liar or I'm alright.

The mix of BO and breath is putting me to the test :thumbdown:

Originally Posted by Grayling (Post 9433081)

I had thought about writing about this as well.

I have never met so many people with Hallitosis as I have in Australia.

I suspect it is due to the expense and poor quality of dentistry

Originally Posted by Deancm_MKII (Post 9433137)

At least people go to the dentist in Australia.

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 9433183)

Really Dean? Another one of those stupid persisting but false stereotypes i think. And your media agrees that Australia has the worst teeth in the world...:rofl:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...337390806.html

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 9433237)

The Dentists over here, in my experience, are rip-off merchants. :frown: You go in and ask for a check-up and clean and the dentist takes a quick gander in your gob and 5 seconds scraping later presents you with a hefty bill. :sneaky:

At least in the uk they have proper dental hygienists at the actual practice that do a proper thorough clean - we always visited the hygienist as a matter of course. Haven't been able to find the equivalent over here.:thumbdown:
As for UK teeth being awful - so far personally haven't had to have any teeth extracted or fillings done in 40 years of regular visits.:fingerscrossed:

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 9433237)

The Dentists over here, in my experience, are rip-off merchants. :frown: You go in and ask for a check-up and clean and the dentist takes a quick gander in your gob and 5 seconds scraping later presents you with a hefty bill. :sneaky:

At least in the uk they have proper dental hygienists at the actual practice that do a proper thorough clean - we always visited the hygienist as a matter of course. Haven't been able to find the equivalent over here.:thumbdown:
As for UK teeth being awful - so far personally haven't had to have any teeth extracted or fillings done in 40 years of regular visits.:fingerscrossed:

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 9433285)

There are loads of them out there - most dental surgeries have at least one.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 9433372)

Must just be a melbourne thing then, cos the 4 dentists i've been to haven't, and when i asked them about it they looked at me like i had just grown an extra head!:blink:

Originally Posted by HelenTD (Post 9433277)

There are some around - http://www.dentalhygienist.net.au/.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 9433385)

Melbourne is backward compared to Perth so I'm not surprised. ;)

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 9433463)

Thanks Helen. Looking at that there are only 7 listed in the whole of Melbourne though. (and google yielded similar results) So, 7 for 3million+ people - I reckon they must be a bit busy!!:ohmy: