Why do the brits have such janky teeth? Some questions don’t have good answers.
They don't call it "rip of Britain" for nothing. Cosmetic dental treatment is very expensive in Britain and wages are low for a lot of people. They simply can't afford it.
re British teeth- my dentist told me that Brits don't have fluoride in their water so that's why their teeth look alien, here.
The UK has fluorinated water.
The NHS does not cover routine dentistry. There are some treatments the NHS contracts out to private dentists but not every practitioner will have the same agreement. There's a lot of confusion about what is and isn't covered, and who covers what, and how to go about getting cheap treatment.
re British teeth- my dentist told me that Brits don't have fluoride in their water so that's why their teeth look alien, here.
The UK has fluorinated water.
The NHS does not cover routine dentistry. There are some treatments the NHS contracts out to private dentists but not every practitioner will have the same agreement. There's a lot of confusion about what is and isn't covered, and who covers what, and how to go about getting cheap treatment.
Yewh pretty much this. My teeth are ‘ok’ and I’d never pay to have treatment just to make them look better. My sister in law paid about 4000 to have hers straightened and whitened. It looks good but not noticeable unless you saw a before and after photo.
Paying 4grand to make my smile look a bit more pretty would be a terrible waste of money for me.
re British teeth- my dentist told me that Brits don't have fluoride in their water so that's why their teeth look alien, here.
The UK has fluorinated water.
The NHS does not cover routine dentistry. There are some treatments the NHS contracts out to private dentists but not every practitioner will have the same agreement. There's a lot of confusion about what is and isn't covered, and who covers what, and how to go about getting cheap treatment.
what is the NHS and how does this policy differ from the states or the rest of the world?
do brits still have terrible teeth like they did in the 70s and 80s? toothpaste and mouthwash improvements have probably changed a lot!
teeth whitening should be a few hundred. if you have terribly crooked teeth, paying 4k for braces when you are a kid is a sound investment. somebody with a good smile vs terrible smile can go from a 4 or 5 to an 8. this will affect more than just your dating life. but work prospects, etc.
if your teeth are not that bad to begin with, probably no big deal and better to save the money
The NHS does not cover routine dentistry. There are some treatments the NHS contracts out to private dentists but not every practitioner will have the same agreement. There's a lot of confusion about what is and isn't covered, and who covers what, and how to go about getting cheap treatment.
what is the NHS and how does this policy differ from the states or the rest of the world?
do brits still have terrible teeth like they did in the 70s and 80s? toothpaste and mouthwash improvements have probably changed a lot!
The National Health Service (NHS) is the tax payer funded health system in the UK. There's no necessity to get health insurance as a UK resident because you get treated for most things however exceptions for cover for dentistry and optometry exist where the NHS only has a limited service and so instead of setting up it's own practices, it will pay a private practice to offer services to X amount of patients.
For example there's a dentist near to me that that will provide basic dentistry such as fillings, root canals and crowns for free as it has an NHS contract, but only to a small amount of patients. So you have to check with them to see if you can be treated under the NHS, but if they have used their allocation or have no agreement with the NHS, then they will charge you. It's not always clear what you need until you are in the chair, and it's not clear whether the NHS covers the treatment at all, and it's not clear whether the dentist you are seeing is going to charge you, and it doesn't seem fair that some patients are getting the same treatment for free because they turned up first, and others are paying. It's a mess and nobody knows how not to get ripped off, so they don't go or they leave it until it becomes a problem. This is markedly different from the rest of the NHS where you will not be charged for treatment under any circumstances, or the private sector where the costs are at least more transparent.
The states have plenty of tracks but you can't use them. There are also plenty of track meets, but they're only for people in school meets for the most part.
It has become common for people who train on HS tracks to sheet on the ground there, so it's not surprising that fewer and fewer of them permit public access. It's a shame really.
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