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Why the horrible silver teeth?
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Starla



Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:41 pm    Post subject: Why the horrible silver teeth? Reply with quote
Why is it that so many of my students have these horrible silver caps in their mouths, especially with teeth that are right in the front? I have a student with a mouth full of them and I can't help look at them instead of in his eyes when he speaks. Where I come from, only old people have those and in the U.S., well, I guess you could call it bling. What's the deal?
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PeteJB



Joined: 06 Jul 2007
PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.
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Starla



Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
PeteJB wrote:
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.


Yeah but we have white caps in the U.S. to cover up the fact that we have bad teeth. There's something very wrong with seeing a 10-year-old with a mouth full of silver teeth.
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DRAMA OVERKILL



Joined: 12 Apr 2005
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Starla wrote:
PeteJB wrote:
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.


Yeah but we have white caps in the U.S. to cover up the fact that we have bad teeth. There's something very wrong with seeing a 10-year-old with a mouth full of silver teeth.


The silver caps are cheaper. Perhaps the child's family can't afford the added expense of the white ones (?).
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
retro 007 bad boy look?

*shrug*
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IlIlNine



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
They cover their baby teeth, you know.. They'll fall out and then reveal the pearly whites underneath. Don't worry! Wink
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The bigger question is why are so many kids teeth black??? Shocked
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No fluoride in toothpaste.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Starla wrote:
PeteJB wrote:
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.


Yeah but we have white caps in the U.S. to cover up the fact that we have bad teeth. There's something very wrong with seeing a 10-year-old with a mouth full of silver teeth.


Whats the point in spending money on teeth that are going to fall out?
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Starla



Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
blackjack wrote:
Starla wrote:
PeteJB wrote:
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.


Yeah but we have white caps in the U.S. to cover up the fact that we have bad teeth. There's something very wrong with seeing a 10-year-old with a mouth full of silver teeth.


Whats the point in spending money on teeth that are going to fall out?


At 11/12, those teeth under those caps are in there for good until they rot and can no longer be salvaged. That might take many years.
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IlIlNine



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Starla wrote:
blackjack wrote:
Starla wrote:
PeteJB wrote:
Bad teeth gene, like in the UK.


Yeah but we have white caps in the U.S. to cover up the fact that we have bad teeth. There's something very wrong with seeing a 10-year-old with a mouth full of silver teeth.


Whats the point in spending money on teeth that are going to fall out?


At 11/12, those teeth under those caps are in there for good until they rot and can no longer be salvaged. That might take many years.


So how do you explain the fact that (most!) adults don't have those caps?
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you leave baby teeth unattended they might affect the new teeth.

Also, current generations eats far too much sugar relative to previous generations.

My son is the only one in class who has perfect white teeth at the age of 3.5.
But then, I never had any issues with teeth until I was 33.
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EricaSmile84



Joined: 23 Jan 2008
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
okokok wrote:
The bigger question is why are so many kids teeth black??? Shocked


I know!! What's up with that? I've got a few students who have stained gray teeth. I feel pretty bad for them considering the way people here talk about appearance. I guess they're used to it though.
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Darashii



Joined: 08 Jan 2008
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I...see...plenty of adults with silver caps....

But yes, my kids were absolutely floored when I told them that when I was little I brushed once a day and as an adult only twice a day but still showed them a mouth full of big white beautiful teeth.
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esetters21



Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Darashii wrote:
I...see...plenty of adults with silver caps....

But yes, my kids were absolutely floored when I told them that when I was little I brushed once a day and as an adult only twice a day but still showed them a mouth full of big white beautiful teeth.


Ha! Yeah, same here on the hygiene practice. I have never had a single cavity or anything that required corrective measures, and I am starting to get up there in my years. Laughing

I used to notice all of the time at my old hagwon in Apgujeong, of all places, that the younger (kindy) aged students had a mouthful of those blackish baby teeth. I don't see that anymore in the middle school that I teach at (just halitosis).
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