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nobbyken

Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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When someone with bright teeth talks or smiles, I can't help looking at their mouth.
This loss of eye contact and the fact that I think it can be superficial, makes me not trust people with bright teeth. The can also have the tendancy to open their mouth to much and laugh annoyingly wherever they go, JMHO.
I'm British though and dentists were few and far between where I grew up. Mum has falsers and dad has rotten teeth. Blaming the parents is of course correct. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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When I learned he was Irish and Steve saw his green teeth.
We called him Johnny Rotten
Malcolm MClaren |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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When I learned he was Irish and Steve saw his green teeth.
We called him Johnny Rotten
Malcolm MClaren |
Haha - his teeth were particularly awful. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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True about non-North Americans not really registering the attractiveness of peoples teeth.
Anyway, bad teeth can be good in the following scenario;
Imagine two attractive girls next two each other. Each having hot bodies, and beautiful faces....but one with nice teeth, and the other one a snaggle-toothed monstrosity.
The one with the bad teeth can suddenly appear more interesting because she's immediately dropped a few levels from 'supermodel' to 'in my league' kind of thing. Maybe i should move to Japan. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I am not at all bothered by the teeth of Jewel Kilcher though I admit to being temporarily taken aback when her smile showed them. In her case it's clearly about keeping things natural, or so says the Observer in the UK which ran a story praising her "unspoiled" personna by not fixing her teeth. She is from Alaska. It could have been a practical issue of not enough dentits. Or money. Her career took off after she lived out of her van in California. In any case, it doesn't detract, it adds to her image. She's all about keeping it authentic.
Still...
As a parent one should take an interest in preventing and dealing with cavities, and braces for a teen are better than boob jobs and hundred dollar hair styles later in life. Basic dentistry care is NOT very expensive. Most people in the developed world can afford it. |
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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When I learned he was Irish and Steve saw his green teeth.
We called him Johnny Rotten
Malcolm MClaren |
King of crooked can-openers. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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What's better nice teeth that are fake Implants, bridges.
Or nasty teeth that are natural.
If they do the job why not keep them. |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| BS.Dos. wrote: |
| Fishead soup wrote: |
When I learned he was Irish and Steve saw his green teeth.
We called him Johnny Rotten
Malcolm MClaren |
King of crooked can-openers. |
The look pretty cool though, in their own way! |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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What's better nice teeth that are fake Implants, bridges.
Or nasty teeth that are natural.
If they do the job why not keep them. |
I agree. It's all about being healthy. Crooked teeth are not necessarily 'wrong' - only if you've been brought up to believe so. |
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, but if he were a she, would you snog her? |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, but if he were a she, would you snog her? |
No. Because I'm straight. |
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Join Me

Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I have wondered about this same subject lately. Living abroad I watch a lot more international news now. I frequently see Brits (academics, politicians, etc) with jacked up teeth. I think it adds character to the person and I secretly admire them for their who gives a piss attitude. But as an American...I am going to Thailand one of these days to get nice new white veneers put on all my teeth...and have been looking forward to doing this for a few years. If you can afford to keep you teeth decent , why wouldn't you? |
How much for the whole procedure in Thailand? How about in Korea? |
It is about 3 to 4 times more expensive in Korea. Just search online for Thailand dentists. There is a whole industry that services foreigners from all over the world there because dental and medical care is so much cheaper. |
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Big_Bird

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I have wondered about this same subject lately. Living abroad I watch a lot more international news now. I frequently see Brits (academics, politicians, etc) with jacked up teeth. I think it adds character to the person and I secretly admire them for their who gives a piss attitude. But as an American...I am going to Thailand one of these days to get nice new white veneers put on all my teeth...and have been looking forward to doing this for a few years. If you can afford to keep you teeth decent , why wouldn't you? |
How much for the whole procedure in Thailand? How about in Korea? |
It is about 3 to 4 times more expensive in Korea. Just search online for Thailand dentists. There is a whole industry that services foreigners from all over the world there because dental and medical care is so much cheaper. |
Yeah, my husband had his teeth done during our holiday in Thailand. They did an excellent job - the dentists in that clinic were trained in Germany. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
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| I have wondered about this same subject lately. Living abroad I watch a lot more international news now. I frequently see Brits (academics, politicians, etc) with jacked up teeth. I think it adds character to the person and I secretly admire them for their who gives a piss attitude. But as an American...I am going to Thailand one of these days to get nice new white veneers put on all my teeth...and have been looking forward to doing this for a few years. If you can afford to keep you teeth decent , why wouldn't you? |
How much for the whole procedure in Thailand? How about in Korea? |
It is about 3 to 4 times more expensive in Korea. Just search online for Thailand dentists. There is a whole industry that services foreigners from all over the world there because dental and medical care is so much cheaper. |
Yeah, my husband had his teeth done during our holiday in Thailand. They did an excellent job - the dentists in that clinic were trained in Germany. |
You know why the Germans go to Thailand. Hope they wear gloves. |
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nateium

Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Justin Hale wrote: |
| I don't usually take sides if there's a UK v US thing going down because I have family in both, but who needs a discussion on dental hygiene from a morbidly-overweight lardass with no dental or health insurance? |
Statistically speaking, Brits are not that far off from Americans in the overweight/obese charts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bmi30chart.png |
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