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Went to the dentist today. I had to have a big filling redone on a wisdom tooth.

I hate the dentist always worry it will hurt.

Anyway the assistant was chatting to me while we were waiting. "How are you " .To which I make some comment about not liking the dentist.

She then says - " We have a lot of Europeans come in here and they are all the same.They all say that . Are all your dentists barbarians ? "

I just said some witty comment.

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...and that would be???...come on, do us proud!!!

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Can't remember :o

The whole of the left side of my face was numb.

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Then that was a cheap shot on her part!!! She probably knew Brits are witty & tried to take you down when you were not feeling 100%, so that she had the upperhand...sneaky Yank!!!

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every time i go to the dentist (and i hate it too) my colleagues always laugh at how awful british teeth are... i finally understand why austin powers has bad teeth!

I've always been scared of the dentist, and the fact is that i have had better care here than i did in the UK... but boy, do i pay for it! I know there are many great dentists in the UK, but unfortunately i didn't win that particular lottery.

I'm glad you said something witty back, if we're going to be stereotyped, at least let's keep up the good ones!

best wishes for your teeth! ;)

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I have to disagree!!! I've never seen such awful teeth as I've seen here! They say we're the ones with the bad teeth, I don't think so! I asked why they thought this & they said, because you guys have to pay for your dental care. I look at them puzzled & say, no, that would be you!!! After all dental care in England is free for kids, you have to pay for it here whatever age you are. I've never needed braces or anything like that, mine are near perfect, although they could be a little whiter!

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I went to the Dentist yesterday, and my Dentist has such big boobs, one's always squashed in my face, I'm sure the men love it though :)

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yeah, i know partystar, but some are more lucky than others. Most of my problems now are from cheap materials used in the UK. I agree though, that i certainly don't have the impression that generally the teeth are nicer here (but i suppose it depends on where you are!!)

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ha! that reminds me of my friend who loves going to the hairdressers and getting his hair washed by the girl with the big boobs!:D

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Sounded something like "shlersh gleb dre fliggerslllipl gloffli" :confused:

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Were you in the next chair?

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He's a really good dentist never felt a thing.

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My eldest hates dentists - ever since he had to deal with a couple of them here! :mad: I never had a problem taking any of my children to the dentist in the UK and they never had a problem with their teeth. The eldest now hates going to the dentist and you can't get him near one!

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Have to say I think my dentist is great. Bloody expensive, but also very good, and the dental assistants are very nice. And they've never made an unkind comment about Europeans or Brits.

But I have heard them doing Austin Powers impressions behind my back.




































(Just kidding)

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lol! mine is great too. and expensive :mad:

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the majority of americans have worse teeth than the majority of english people

america has a much larger proportion of people who cannot afford preventative care or work to rectify issues - simple as that

just because people in orange county, CA have better teeth than people in corby, uk, does not mean that teeth in the uk are worse

People in the usa are as retarded about teeth in england vs usa as english people are about weather in florida/usa vs uk

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HA! nice summation! :D

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hahaha, now that's funny!

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I dont buy the Americans have better teeth argument at all...unless better means false.

American good teeth = Surgically straightened and then bleached to within an inch of their lives, at astronomical costs, in order to cover up all the tarring and degredation from high sugar high fat foods.

British good teeth = Checked every 6 months with any fillings needing doing done for about 12 quid and a clean and polish for a tenner.

We have friends here whose kids have dreadful teeth...brown and crooked and manky from too much sugar and not enough looking after. The parents say no problem as they'll have them all straightened and bleached and capped in a couple of years anyway.

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I totally agree. My daughter was 6 when we first arrived here. I couldn't believe the amount of fillings kids in her class already had at that age, whilst she had none.
People seem to equate bleeched white teeth to healthy teeth, but slapping some peroxide on your teeth doesn't mean they're healthy. Plus, look at the bad teeth on show on Extreme Makeover. :scared:

I overheard a conversation once between a group of mum's at my kid's school once. They are all experts on British teeth apparently. In their opinion, we all have really bad teeth and know nothing about dental hygiene! :mad: Well I felt sooo mad hearing this, but I'd only just heard my mum had terminal cancer, so instead of giving them a piece of my mind, I just crumpled and stormed out in tears. What a bummer. At least I spread the word about what had happened afterwards, those mum's were given the cold shoulder by most after that.

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Its all about the facade.

Before we left the UK our daughter had Ozone treatment on all her back teeth. It cost us about 100 quid. What it does is promote the teeth to heal themselves rather than have fillings. It also allgedly means she will never need fillings in those teeth. We took her here to a (very reputable and expensive) dentist and she said "Wow arent her teeth in good shape? <for a brit :rolleyes: >", We said, "Yeah she had that ozone treatment before we left the UK." The dentist looked puzzled and said "Thats not something we have here."

Says it all to me.

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Whilst my wife was over with me in the UK for a short while, she had to see the dentist there.... HE was shocked and horified at the lack of quality in her existing dental work from the US.

It always feels like 'root canal' is the answer to everything here !

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I always try to make some joke about the movie Marathon Man, and compare my dentist (who actually is great) to Dr. Szell...'Is it safe?'.

He never seems to enjoy such jokes.

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here in SE Ohio, we have familys of 15 people with 25 teeth between the lot of them.. i have never seen such grusome dental displays come close in the UK!

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they have their own teeth !!!!!!!! lucky people ! you should see some of the people in the TN mountains ! :eek:

ps. who is amanda ?

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She is some usernet member who took offense when i gave a sarcastic answer, (me - surely not!) and now she reads very deep into my messages and critisizes me for pretty much everything i post. She usually posts on the immigration forums.

She also has the hump because she hasnt got a GC and i have! Ha!

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that's nice!

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I know.. the sheer angst i feel..

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No fair - I'd probably have to pay someone to stalk me ! he gets his own for free !

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Hey, i invested a lot of time, energy and sarcasm into getting my own stalker..

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Hey - that would be a great idea for a small business... niche in the market too ! ....... hmmmmmmm :D

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No, I think he meant they have one set of teeth that they pass around at meal times. :scared:

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That would make more sense ! LOLOL..... I've seen people down here that are probably jealous of Geogre Washington's wooden teeth !

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I think that would disgust even the 'bacca chewers in these parts!

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Regarding the ozone treatment,

ozone treatment

it is not yet approved by the FDA and is therefore not yet legal in the US.

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Oh yes we cant forget the good old FDA....Approving drugs to make your world safer :rolleyes:

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not keen on the FDA either, but please don't tell me you've been listening to Kevin Trudeau? :eek::p

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My US friend was busy a few months ago promoting to me and my OH the benefits of going to her dentist, she said he was pricey but well worth it. Out of politeness we said oh how lovely. Well the next minute she had called him to say two English people may get in touch and if they did to remember that she referred them.

Needless to say we didnt bother with her dentist and soon forgot about it. Well a month or so ago we went to a bar that had loud cheesy jazz music blaring out so no one could talk or hear themselves. In the middle of the dance floor there was this 80's throwback twat dressed like Limal the lead singer of Kagagoogoo giving it his 80's moves, with the whitest teeth I have ever seen, no joking you needed sunglasses to even get near. My friend pipes up oh look there's my dentist!! I said what really that twatty 80's throwback guy, she was not impressed. However she then went on to tell me that he owned a Mansion on the edge of a famous golf course because he was doing so well from his dentistry. Well I certainly know of a few bucks more he wont be getting! :D

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I didn't in the UK, but do now. Here I always get the "benefit" of the assistant spendng 20 minutes scraping at my teeth with a metal gouge, digging into my gums, and setting my teeth on edge. I am guaranteed two months of misery before my teeth settle down after a trip to the dentist. :mad:

That was never a problem in the UK, and after my teenage years I rarely had a filling - in fact only filling repalcements, I think. Now I dread going to the dentist.

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A friend of mine had a chipped tooth and went to see a dentist she picked out of the phonebook, dentist said she needed root canal, crown, fillings etc, cost about $2000, needless to say she walked out sharpish!!

She went to another dentist that someone recomended and he told her she only needed the crown, cost $350 ish.