The Welsh Viking | Why Are British Teeth So Yellow? @TheWelshViking | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Teef? Teef!
My old Welsh teeth aren't perfect. They aren't gleaming white gnashers like you see in Hollywood movies. I have gaps and chips and attrition and some age related discolouration and thinning enamel. I get frequent comments asking why?
Why don't I bleach my teeth?
Why don't I have dental veneers?
Are my teeth unhealthy?
Do I even brush my teeth (yes, and floss, and interdental brushing!)?
But although the idea that we should have whiter, straighter, perfecter teeth is a very old one, the technology to allow us to whiten and straighten our teeth effectively is very, very new and is surprisingly easy to link to film stars and celebrity culture. Dental veneers and bleach whitening strips were only invented in the 20th century, and many modern people have way better teeth than many people in the past, despite the popular myth that Medieval European or Roman or Egyptian people had "perfect" teeth because they ate less sugar in their diet. Archaeology says different!
So join me on a journey to explain why my teeth are so yellow, but, more importantly, why I don't care! Why Brits actually have better teeth on average than Americans. And why I won't be changing mine any time soon!
Kinda makes you want to floss, doesn't it? ;)
Bit of reading to get your teeth into:
bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6543#:~:text=Results%20The%20mean%20number%20of,impacts%20were%20higher%20in%20England.
beautifullybony.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/a-look-at-the-accuracy-of-dental-age-estimation-charts
Find me elsewhere:
Business email: jade@scarletragemedia.com
Patreon: patreon.com/jimmyjohnson
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thewelshviking
My actual website: welshviking.com
Insta: @littlewelshviking
Letters, parcels, packages?
The Welsh Viking,
PO Box 821,
YORK,
YO1 0PY,
UK
Editing software: DaVinci Resolve
Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH5
Intro design by @anttimation
Teef? Teef!
My old Welsh teeth aren't perfect. They aren't gleaming white gnashers like you see in Hollywood movies. I have gaps and chips and attrition and some age related discolouration and thinning enamel. I get frequent comments asking why?
Why don't I bleach my teeth?
Why don't I have dental veneers?
Are my teeth unhealthy?
Do I even brush my teeth (yes, and floss, and interdental brushing!)?
But although the idea that we should have whiter, straighter, perfecter teeth is a very old one, the technology to allow us to whiten and straighten our teeth effectively is very, very new and is surprisingly easy to link to film stars and celebrity culture. Dental veneers and bleach whitening strips were only invented in the 20th century, and many modern people have way better teeth than many people in the past, despite the popular myth that Medieval European or Roman or Egyptian people had "perfect" teeth because they ate less sugar in their diet. Archaeology says different!
So join me on a journey to explain why my teeth are so yellow, but, more importantly, why I don't care! Why Brits actually have better teeth on average than Americans. And why I won't be changing mine any time soon!
Kinda makes you want to floss, doesn't it? ;)
Bit of reading to get your teeth into:
bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6543#:~:text=Results%20The%20mean%20number%20of,impacts%20were%20higher%20in%20England.
beautifullybony.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/a-look-at-the-accuracy-of-dental-age-estimation-charts
Find me elsewhere:
Business email: jade@scarletragemedia.com
Patreon: patreon.com/jimmyjohnson
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thewelshviking
My actual website: welshviking.com
Insta: @littlewelshviking
Letters, parcels, packages?
The Welsh Viking,
PO Box 821,
YORK,
YO1 0PY,
UK
Editing software: DaVinci Resolve
Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH5
Intro design by @anttimation
