Why are people expected to have unrealistically white teeth? And how do they get their teeth so pearly white?
People from the UK seem to get mocked by people in the USA at times about their teeth not being as pearly white, but maybe this is really somewhere
that the UK is better?
According to this chart, the UK has less water fluoridation:
en.wikipedia.org...:Fluoridated-water-extent-world.svg
Perhaps also, the people in the UK are not such suckers for advertising and mainstream media that preaches these goals. Trying to keep a good
appearance is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think it's damaging when taken too far. An example I would give is all the cases of
Anorexia/Bulimia. Many people argue that a serious percentage of that is caused by these unrealistic images we are force fed.
Could this be part of something more sinister, perhaps people want to push this ideal onto us in order to encourage more use of fluoride toothpaste,
and to make people more passive about the idea of chemicals in the water. We know that it can be damaging, from the AMA saying that it should not be
given to babies, to certain groups using large amounts of it to cause docility.
I don't feel the need to have pearly white teeth. I am happy to have just plain old clean, healthy teeth. I've always brushed my teeth a couple of
times a day, for the most part with fairly natural toothpaste products. I'm 30 years old now, and have never had any fillings or other dental work
done, and my slightly dull teeth have never caused me any issues in other areas such as dating before I met my wife.
Why can't people be happy with a more 'natural' appearance? I understand it's not totally natural anymore, even the way I clean my teeth, but the
advances I have accepted are more about hygeine than looks. That's far more important.
Why do people force these unrealistic images onto people?
edited to fix URL
[edit on 20/4/2010 by harpsounds]
edit2 ats still won't work with my link, it's on this page:
en.wikipedia.org...
[edit on 20/4/2010 by harpsounds]