British folk often get stick for their dental hygiene but this is starting to change. Dental techniques such as teeth whitening are now common place with products like crest whitening strips and the introduction of practise branded dental plans becoming more widely available.
The teeth of the British people have never really been that horrible, we have just always taken more interest in the health of our teeth rather than the aesthetic look of them. It is mainly young people with good dental hygiene, where as older people tend to have lots of fillings. Some when during the 1970?s or maybe as late as the 80?s attitudes to tooth care changed as more and more children who had gaps in their teeth or large overbites were given braces.
Even I had to have braces to fix my overbite and to straighten up my teeth. It was a simple process which started with the orthodontist creating a mould of my teeth and finished with the braces being glued to my teeth. Then after this the wires were fitted and tightened. This was probably the worst part of the procedure because I was left with a constant pulling feeling on my teeth, which gave me a dull ache for the first few days. These initial aches calmed down after a day or so and then I just had to learn to deal with my braces with regards to eating and drinking.
The braces sorted out my teeth and I?m glad I had braces for that year or so as I can imagine they could have caused a few problems later in life. Now a days the British people have improved their dental hygiene. Home teeth whitening kits have become popular as people strive for celebrity teeth. Another development is the use of dental plans by dentist practises. These are surgery branded dental payment plans that allow NHS customers to use private dentists at a reasonable rate.