Poland: worst teeth in the world?

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 19:35 #61
Is there something wrong with Slavic teeth? My sister's in dental school claims Polish peoples teeth aren't bad at all, Asians (Orientals) by far have the worst teeth according to her. It's probably genes and diet. Black peoples teeth appear to be the brightest and healthiest (It could be the surrounding complexion making it look like that)

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Edited by: PlasticPole Sep 13, 11, 19:56 #62

It's not just juice but milk can also rot a baby's teeth but it's only if you give an infant a bottle of milk to sleep with. It's because the saliva in the mouth dries out at night and saliva plays a role in controlling plaque causing bacteria in infants. If an infant is old enough to cut his first tooth, substitute water for the juice or milk if he must have a nighttime bottle.

Flouride in water is a bad idea because it causes brain damage.

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Sep 13, 11, 21:23 #63

A tooth removed (without fuss, but with painkillers) is about 80-100zl privately in a normal, clean dentist.

Does "without painkillers" mean "without anaesthesia"? My mum says that used to be an option back in the day, to save money, but these days??

However, this must be the most boring thread on PF EVER. Congratulation.

Surely you must have read the lame "Polish women are <fill in stereotype here> " threads? At least you can learn something new on this one ;)

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 22:19 #64
A tooth removed (without fuss, but with painkillers) is about 80-100zl privately in a normal, clean dentist. Begs the question too, could I maybe get a really good deal, say 10zl, in a perversely abnormal & totally filthy dental practice if there was loads of fuss involved?

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Edited by: pawian Sep 13, 11, 22:23 #65

The problem was first noticed in 1970s. I remember fluoride campaigns in my school. Once or twice a year we had to bring our toothbrushes to school and the dentist put some substance onto them and we had to brush our teeth in the school bathrooms.
One day, a lot of pupils in my class forgot to bring toothbrushes and, scared of possible consequences, we ran to a nearby shop during the break and bought them.

Can you imagine that? :):):):)

PS. I still have all my own teeth.

And when I have my teeth drilled from time to time (once in 3-4 years?), I always refuse the local anasthesia. I want to feel this pain as it is.

Am I sick? :):):):):)

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Sep 13, 11, 22:30 #66
PS. I still have all my own teeth. me too and i have the receipt to prove it.

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Edited by: delphiandomine Sep 13, 11, 22:31 #67

Does "without painkillers" mean "without anaesthesia"? My mum says that used to be an option back in the day, to save money, but these days??

Still an option in private places if you really want to save some money - though the cost is minimal, as far as I know...

As much as you want is free if you're under the public system, though.

Begs the question too, could I maybe get a really good deal, say 10zl, in a perversely abnormal & totally filthy dental practice if there was loads of fuss involved?

You think I visit such places? ;)

Though I reckon you could easily go down to 50zl or less in a really crap dentist in the middle of nowhere. I wouldn't fancy it though!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 22:39 #68
Worst teeth in the world? Eh, no.

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,415 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 22:51 #69
=Seanus]Worst teeth in the world? I haven`t seen such teeth in Poland yet. http://www.teethpictures.org/2009/10/meth-teeth-mouth.html

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 23:07 #70
Looks like the Predator ;)

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Sep 14, 11, 01:50 #71

Can anyone explain this disturbing chart?

Well if people in Poland would go to a dentist regularly for a check up/cleaning then their teeth would look better. Buuut, no one wants to spend money on that, they'd rather spend it on useless stuff.

I get my teeth checked every 6 months and i must say they're almost perfect in every way.

One thing i don't like about the chart is that is focuses on 12 year olds - what the hell??

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,433 Joined: May 28, 09 ♀	Sep 14, 11, 02:08 #72
Getting teeth cleaned is also good for the heart.

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Edited by: beckski Sep 14, 11, 06:21 #73

According to Reuters article Americans are the "coolest" people in the world

Can't argue with the chart.

Here's a close up view of my relative's mouth. Notice the teeth's resemblance to corn on the cob. At his/her age (no name mentioned) they're lucky to still own their own teeth :)

A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

corn on the cob

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Sep 14, 11, 07:46 #74

Polish people do go to the dentist. Haven't you seen all the adults with braces? They can afford them now but probably 20 years ago it wasn't possible. I have good teeth, but I also had braces at 10 years old, wisdom teeth removed at all kinds of stuff- but my parents were in the military so we had 80% coverage- it makes a huge difference because dental work in Canada is not cheap.
My grandmother, who grew up in England before she immigrated, remembers how she had all her teeth removed when she was 16 and fitted for false teeth. She said her teeth weren't even bad but it was just something they used to do back then.

PaulKaczynskiThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Sep 14, 11 ♂	Sep 14, 11, 08:01 #75
Wow I am shocked. I go to my dentist office daily to look at this chart!!!!! OMG how could this happen??!?! i am completely blown away?!?!?! IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF OTHER BULLSHIT INDEX FOR ME TO LOOK AT!!! LIKE DRIVEWAY CLEANLINESS OR DUST MITE POPULATION GROWTH. Please GIVE ME A BREAK

a.k.	Sep 14, 11, 08:18 #76
They can afford them now but probably 20 years ago it wasn't possible. 20 years ago braces were unknown in Poland. I remember the late 90s and stories about teachers thinking that's a kind of jewellery :D

PaulKaczynskiThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Sep 14, 11 ♂	Sep 14, 11, 09:10 #77
I yearn for the day when i can dilly around about oral hygiene in Poland. But do we not owe it to our ancestors to remind people about the cruelty of the partitions of Poland?

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Sep 14, 11, 10:37 #78
Please GIVE ME A BREAK So we can assume then that any report/chart or whatever that shows Poles or Poland in a positive light will also be ridiculed & dismissed by you too - yes?

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Edited by: pawian Sep 14, 11, 16:49 #79

=a.k.]They can afford them now but probably 20 years ago it wasn't possible.
20 years ago braces were unknown in Poland.

Don`t be silly. My older sister used to wear braces in 1970s. That was nothing special, even in communism. Polish industry or private enterpreneurs produced this stuff. Also false teeth.

The real problem was getting good toothpaste with fluoride. In early 1980s my parents had to buy tooth powder because the paste was unavailable.

a.k.

Sep 14, 11, 17:30 #80

Don`t be silly. My older sister used to wear braces in 1970s. That was nothing special, even in communism.

I remember most of my class was wearing those plastic things which were pretty dreadful to wear (dried your mouth, made you unalble to speak clearly) and were not helping really or maybe after a few long years of wearing it nonstop. Then at the end of the 90s braces started to be widely advertised. I told my parents that there is such an alternative, which I read about on a youth magazine. That was the first time when I heard about it in Poland, earlier I only saw it on American movies.

jooasiaThreads: - Posts: 4 Joined: Sep 14, 11 ♀	Sep 14, 11, 19:51 #81
I mean.... I will admit that I had a Herbst appliance and braces on for a total of 3+ years and about a billion trips to the dentist when I was younger (several teeth pulled out, a billion cavities despite the fact I cared for my teeth, etc etc), but I'm surprised that Poland has the worst statistics haha

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,415 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Sep 14, 11, 19:56 #82
=jooasia]I mean.... I will admit that I had a Herbst appliance and braces on for a total of 3+ years and about a billion trips to the dentist when I was younger (several teeth pulled out, a billion cavities despite the fact I cared for my teeth, etc etc), but I'm surprised that Poland has the worst statistics haha That is the heritage of past generations` negligence I was talking about.

Des EssientesThreads: 11 Posts: 2,318 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂ [Suspended]	Sep 14, 11, 22:07 #83
That is the heritage of past generations` negligence I was talking about. Having bad teeth because your ancestors didn't brush seems to smack of the discredited Lamarckian theory of acquired hereditary characteristics. How do scientists explain it?

Sidliste_ChodovThreads: 2 Posts: 683 Joined: Jul 27, 11 ♂	Sep 14, 11, 22:09 #84
Having bad teeth because your ancestors didn't brush Typical Polish blame culture! lol

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Edited by: pawian Sep 14, 11, 22:11 #85

=Des Essientes]Having bad teeth because your ancestors didn't brush seems to smack of the discredited Lamarckian theory of acquired hereditary characteristics. How do scientists explain it?

I don`t know. I said it might be rubbish.
But I talked to a Russian woman from Petersburg. She said that the city`s contemporary Russian young women`s bad teeth are the sad legacy of Nazi blockade of Lenigrad in 1940s during which 900.000 people starved to death while others suffered irreparable loss of health, including scurvy etc.

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Edited by: Chrysalis Sep 14, 11, 22:18 #86

However, your title is exaggerated.

Sorry, I have editorial tendencies.

the water in poland does not have fluoride in it. Children in this country have black teeth because parents put juice in bottles causing "bottle rot" in the teeth. In Canada it is recommended not to give juice until 1 year old and out of a cup- in Poland they have juice from day one.

Also, there is an iodine deficency in the soil. What this means is that vegetables and fruits and other products such as beef that are raised using soil/ grass have less iodine than other parts of the world- I have to take iodine supplements.

People don't typically drink tap water here anyway, unless it is boiled in coffee or tea.

Woww...

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Sep 15, 11, 04:58 #87

many polish people have completely a$$ed out teeth.

it always amazes me when i'm in poland to see teenagers with horribly crooked teeth. what, their parents don't think to themselves that maybe they need braces????

i mean, when your 14 year old kid has discolored teeth, all crooked, why don't you take the kid to the dentist and get that $hit fixed?!

it's one of two things. either the people simply don't value healthy teeth or they can't afford it. from the stories i've heard it's a combination of both. why else would a loving parent allow their children to grow up with horrid teeth.

when i was a teenager, nearly everybody in school once they turned 11 or 12 got braces. it was almost a right of passage. people almost expected to see you in braces by the time you were 12 years old.

parents pay all that money into a socialized health system in poland yet most of their children do not have healthy mouths.

shewolfThreads: 5 Posts: 1,835 Joined: Dec 23, 06 ♀	Sep 15, 11, 06:03 #88
Do the dentists in Poland offer payment plans like they do in the U.S.? Americans can get their teeth straightened and fixed because of the low monthly payments.

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Edited by: Des Essientes Sep 15, 11, 11:41 #89

a Russian woman from Petersburg. She said that the city`s contemporary Russian young women`s bad teeth are the sad legacy of Nazi blockade of Lenigrad in 1940s during which 900.000 people starved to death

I have heard that frequent starving is thought to cause smaller stature in subsequent generations, but this makes sense from an evolutionary perspective, as smaller people require less food, perhaps bad teeth are an unfortunate side-effect of this phenomenon.

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,959 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	Edited by: southern Sep 15, 11, 13:01 #90
And many Jews get now born without golden teeth because they were removed from them by Germans in Auschwitz.Anyway I have noticed that some Polki have strange teeth shapes like too elongated or protruding or shrewd but this can be sign that adds grace and likeability.For sure they lack horse teeth but sometimes tiger quality is expected.

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