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Old 03-14-2008, 09:37 PM
 
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I was really shocked to see this story today.
That out of 100 cities in the US, Dallas is 87th in terms of the "worst teeth" (with 100 being the lowest score and the city of El Paso).

I always thought of Dallas as being a very image conscious, healthy city.

Here is the story link: The Associated Press: Lubbock Ranks Last in Bad Teeth Study (broken link)

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Old 03-14-2008, 09:41 PM
 
Location: The Big D
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They saw my mouth and I REALLY dropped the ratings That is one thing I WISH I had was really pretty white teeth. Too many years of braces growing up don't bode well over time. They might be straight but they are not BRIGHT WHITE!
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Old 03-14-2008, 09:43 PM
 
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I hear you. I've got the same thing.

It's just that Pam Ewing had such nice teeth on "Dallas" Television watchers now "expect it" from all Dallas folks I guess..
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Old 03-14-2008, 10:09 PM
 
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We ranked somewhere in the 30, I think, but teeth or no teeth, you are such a friendly bunch, and I do not think it matters . I still plan on moving there
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Old 03-15-2008, 05:52 AM
 
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Wow, really ?!

Ok - I guess being from Austria, I am used to different standards (that's one stereotype about some of Europe that's so very true) - but I always thought Dallasites have super-nice teeth !
That's the one cosmetic thing I took care of after moving here (braces (didn't even know this was possible for adults) + bleaching) - there are so many people here with almost perfect looking smiles/teeth (made me feel very awkward pre-teeth-makeover)!

And we rank almost last in the US? That's very, very odd.
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Old 03-15-2008, 05:58 AM
 
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They saw my mouth and I REALLY dropped the ratings That is one thing I WISH I had was really pretty white teeth. Too many years of braces growing up don't bode well over time. They might be straight but they are not BRIGHT WHITE!
I didn't know braces affect tooth color ?!

What about bleaching ? It is very available. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a section in the middle of a Sam's club (in San Antonio - don't know, if they do this in Dallas) that offered dentist-style high intensity UV-in situ bleaching.
Sitting in a dentist's chair in the middle of a Sam's club for 30 minutes getting your teeth whitened while your spouse is shopping!
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Old 03-15-2008, 07:30 AM
 
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we have those "dentist chairs" in the middle of shopping malls!!!
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Old 03-15-2008, 08:34 AM
 
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Things like this that purport to be "studies" usually turn out to be fabricated. They always come out of popular circulation magazines that are basically trying to build circulation.

The magazine either made the whole thing up, or they did something idiotic like divide the number of citizens by the number of dentists, assuming they know how many dentists there are.

It is highly unlikely that they had the money to test the teeth of a random sample in 100 cities.

I'm surprised that there are people gullible enough to take this seriously. If you want legitimate scientific information, read the Journal of the American Dental Association. If you want horror stories, go see a zombie movie.
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Old 03-15-2008, 08:55 AM
 
Location: The Big D
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I didn't know braces affect tooth color ?!

What about bleaching ? It is very available. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a section in the middle of a Sam's club (in San Antonio - don't know, if they do this in Dallas) that offered dentist-style high intensity UV-in situ bleaching.
Sitting in a dentist's chair in the middle of a Sam's club for 30 minutes getting your teeth whitened while your spouse is shopping!
Well, normally they usually don't. BUT, I had braces back in the days when they were the full metal band all the way around your teeth unlike the little brackets they just glue to the front of your teeth now (like my kids have). AND I had them on for SEVEN YEARS! I got my teeth cleaned all the time but I ended up w/ a ton of fillings. I have a very small mouth (yes it's true ) and only have 23 teeth. I had 24 till the very last one in the back on one side broke into a million pieces a few years ago and I did not want it repaired on yearly so I just had it pulled. So I have these wonderfully straight teeth but they are yellowed a bit due to the braces and all. Can't do the bleaching or even the whitening products my enamel is too thin. I'd make a perfect case study for the Baylor Dental school

If you see me sitting in a dental chair in the middle of ANY store/mall it better be to serve drinks or they have some killer way to make ALL pain go away when it comes to dental work.
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Old 03-15-2008, 09:35 AM
 
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I agree with ace

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The study used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the number of annual dentist visits, canceled appointments, regular flossers and households using flouride.
1 - Just *going* to the dentist does not give you 'good' teeth. Also, what if you go to a dentist outside your town? My dentist is over 40 miles from me...
2 - What does cancellations have to do with anything? I make mine 6 months in advance; how do I know what's going to be happening 6 months from now? But you'll count a reschedule against how 'good' my teeth are?
3 - What do they based the flossing statistic on? Who knows where they get that and if it's even close to real life.
4 - Not only is too much fluoride (they didn't even spell it right) bad for you, just having it in the city's supply doesn't mean it ever reaches your mouth. And what about those who buy Act?

There are also other factors that that lead to yellowed teeth and cavities.
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