People with very uneven front teeth

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Rose65

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I recently chatted with someone but felt quite distracted at how their front teeth stuck out at all angles. This young lad was so bright and chatty but I felt so sorry to see this. It cannot be easy to bite and chew with such uneven teeth. I have met some people who have little more than stumps, spikes and gaps.
I have my fair share of dental problems, yet I am grateful that basically they are even and look reasonable. I tend to grind my teeth and am trying to overcome such a bad habit. Yet overall I'm lucky.
To have prominently bad teeth must be devastating especially for young people who want to look attractive and live life to the full. I remember when I was young that I was so painfully self conscious about appearance so I feel for them.
 

When I first visited England in 1969 I was amazed how skinny most people were and how bad their teeth were. I attributed it to shortages after WWII. I see you guys have caught up with finally being overweight and going to the dentist.

No offense meant, just an observation, I love England, I am an Anglophile! ❤️
 
On several occasions I noticed people who were embarrassed about their teeth. Or rather about the absence of them. All cases were people who had no teeth but didn't wear dentures.

One of them was a middle aged woman I've had quite a nice chat with. She was afraid to open her mouth too much, that I could notice it. But I know the 'sunken face' look without dentures all to well. No possibility to hide it from me.
Although I don't have dentures yet, I would have best liked hugging her and say "don't be embarrassed, I have no teeth also and am wearing dentures myself". But that would have been a lie, thus I couldn't.

Another case was a female co-worker. She got all teeth pulled in her upper jaw but couldn't wear a denture since she had a mouth cancer and the wound didn't heal well. She was glad about the Covid mask mandates, that she could hide it.

The third case is an old man who cares for the parking lot of a supermarket. I'm quite often there, and always if we chat a little he tries not to open his mouth, because all his teeth are missing.

It is allways "thin ice". I feel sorry for these people that they are embarrassed, but telling them that I did notice it and I don't mind is not a good solution also.
 
George1959 said:
On several occasions I noticed people who were embarrassed about their teeth. Or rather about the absence of them. All cases were people who had no teeth but didn't wear dentures.

One of them was a middle aged woman I've had quite a nice chat with. She was afraid to open her mouth too much, that I could notice it. But I know the 'sunken face' look without dentures all to well. No possibility to hide it from me.
Although I don't have dentures yet, I would have best liked hugging her and say "don't be embarrassed, I have no teeth also and am wearing dentures myself". But that would have been a lie, thus I couldn't.

Another case was a female co-worker. She got all teeth pulled in her upper jaw but couldn't wear a denture since she had a mouth cancer and the wound didn't heal well. She was glad about the Covid mask mandates, that she could hide it.

The third case is an old man who cares for the parking lot of a supermarket. I'm quite often there, and always if we chat a little he tries not to open his mouth, because all his teeth are missing.

It is allways "thin ice". I feel sorry for these people that they are embarrassed, but telling them that I did notice it and I don't mind is not a good solution also.
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sorry George and Rose.. but how do you 2 know soo many people with bad teeth ?
 
hollydolly said:
sorry George and Rose.. but how do you 2 know soo many people with bad teeth ?
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Well, my teeth are not bad per se, but very crooked, since I didn't get braces at childhood. For this reason I am very aware of other peoples teeth and even often had thought of getting dentures myself just for the reason that I get good looking bright teeth. For decades I am very busy to get informations on this topic, thus my knowledge.
 
While working in the state prison system I noticed that many inmates had great looking teeth, which I didn't expect, given the often drug and violence laced lifestyles that they commonly led. Turns out that the inmates can get particularly bad teeth fixed, prior to release, so that they have one less obstacle working against them, when re-joining society.
 
Nathan said:
While working in the state prison system I noticed that many inmates had great looking teeth, which I didn't expect, given the often drug and violence laced lifestyles that they commonly led. Turns out that the inmates can get particularly bad teeth fixed, prior to release, so that they have one less obstacle working against them, when re-joining society.
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This is quite interesting since many drug addicts have no teeth at all. I remember a very good looking young woman at a subway station at Berlin. I was shocked as she opened her mouth and laughed. It was a completely empty mouth.
 
I wonder if her teeth were crowded?

Damn I hated that dentist I went to as a kid. He wasn't nice. But anyway, due to stepfather's county job with good insurance, I had dental work. I had at least one tooth removed and more reduced because the jerk dentist said they would crowd and be crooked. I guess he was right. My top teeth are straight, I have a little crooked on my bottom teeth.

And I've cracked and lost 2 unsavable molars.
 
I heard that when you want to become a Hollywood actor in movies, the first thing they make you is to have all your teeth knocked out and replaced with false ones. I'm not sure if this is true but I have noticed that almost all actors have unnaturally very straight teeth.

Don't believe me ? Just watch any movie from Hollywood and concrete on their big smiles!
 
George1959 said:
This is quite interesting since many drug addicts have no teeth at all. I remember a very good looking young woman at a subway station at Berlin. I was shocked as she opened her mouth and laughed. It was a completely empty mouth.
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I've seen that many times on Youtube videos.. drugs just eat away at the teeth especially Crystal Meth
 
Packerjohn said:
I heard that when you want to become a Hollywood actor in movies, the first thing they make you is to have all your teeth knocked out and replaced with false ones. I'm not sure if this is true but I have noticed that almost all actors have unnaturally very straight teeth.

Don't believe me ? Just watch any movie from Hollywood and concrete on their big smiles!
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I believe that happened way back in the day.. when they also put people on strict diets , and forbade any gay people from revealing their sexuality and instead in some cases forcing them into a heterosexual union so as not to lose their fans

None of that is done today as far as I know. Dentistry has come a long way and now people can have their teeth fixed without getting dentures..look at Celine Dion and tom cruise just as examples..

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Pepper said:
When I first visited England in 1969 I was amazed how skinny most people were and how bad their teeth were. I attributed it to shortages after WWII. I see you guys have caught up with finally being overweight and going to the dentist.

No offense meant, just an observation, I love England, I am an Anglophile! ❤️
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Those of us who were born shortly after the war were well cared for. There was free health supplements and regular checks at schools. Dental care was free and any problems dealt with promptly. Todays children are neglected by comparison.
 
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Rock star skinny with bad teeth on most English young people, 1969. Sorry, that's what I saw and reported home about it. Didn't see any fat English people till many years later. The middle aged used to be skinny too. Sometimes we can't see what's in front of us if we see it every day and I came in as a stranger with no preconceptions. Americans by comparison, same year, had more weight & better looking teeth. Shortages & poverty after WWII was the reason why, thought I, but maybe that was not the reason. However, I saw what I saw and I went to several other countries that first year in Europe.
 
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Rock star skinny with bad teeth on most English young people, 1969. Sorry, that's what I saw and reported home about it. Didn't see any fat English people till many years later. The middle aged used to be skinny too. Sometimes we can't see what's in front of us if we see it every day and I came in as a stranger with no preconceptions. Americans by comparison, same year, had more weight & better looking teeth. Shortages & poverty after WWII was the reason why, thought I, but maybe that was not the reason. However, I saw what I saw and I went to several other countries that first year in Europe.
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so what is this with Americans...?
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Rose65 said:
I recently chatted with someone but felt quite distracted at how their front teeth stuck out at all angles. This young lad was so bright and chatty but I felt so sorry to see this. It cannot be easy to bite and chew with such uneven teeth. I have met some people who have little more than stumps, spikes and gaps.
I have my fair share of dental problems, yet I am grateful that basically they are even and look reasonable. I tend to grind my teeth and am trying to overcome such a bad habit. Yet overall I'm lucky.
To have prominently bad teeth must be devastating especially for young people who want to look attractive and live life to the full. I remember when I was young that I was so painfully self conscious about appearance so I feel for them.
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Yeah, but at the end of the day, it's about vanity. I remember when David Bowie got his teeth "fixed", sad times. Don't get me started on glow-in-the-dark white teeth, which isn't natural at all, but seems to be a norm in some cultures.
 
I don't find folks that have their teeth's appearance change necessarily vain. Vanity is defined as an inflated pride in appearance or being valueless.

How does one determine if someone has a inflated sense of appearance? Vanity is a label applied w/out any real insight into other people. Of course there are people that are vain, but getting one's teeth improved doesn't determine of one is or isn't vain. As far as valueless, how can one say that a person that would not smile because of the appearance of their teeth that now smiles is valueless? That's life changing! The value of smiling instead of the wearing the continual "bitch-face" is huge. There is also an economic reason as many people that do business face to face could make a better living w better looking teeth. If all you do is move electrons around on a screen for a living it might not matter.

In my case I had damaged teeth from an injury from early age and once I had them repaired it was life changing in that I could smile and communicate non verbally w others instead of appearing uncaring or sullen. I just wish I had the ability to do it decades earlier.
 
againstthegrain said:
I don't find folks that have their teeth's appearance change necessarily vain. Vanity is defined as an inflated pride in appearance or being valueless.

How does one determine if someone has a inflated sense of appearance? Vanity is a label applied w/out any real insight into other people. Of course there are people that are vain, but getting one's teeth improved doesn't determine of one is or isn't vain. As far as valueless, how can one say that a person that would not smile because of the appearance of their teeth that now smiles is valueless? That's life changing! The value of smiling instead of the wearing the continual "bitch-face" is huge. There is also an economic reason as many people that do business face to face could make a better living w better looking teeth. If all you do is move electrons around on a screen for a living it might not matter.

In my case I had damaged teeth from an injury from early age and once I had them repaired it was life changing in that I could smile and communicate non verbally w others instead of appearing uncaring or sullen. I just wish I had the ability to do it decades earlier.
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There are extremes on either end. But if you look at, say, David Bowie, there was nothing wrong with his "look".

Instead, I think a cosmetic "norm" has been established, and people are panicking to conform.

I was born with straight teeth, at it happens. But I had nothing to do with that. I still have my teeth. But yes, most examples I see are based on vanity, and conformity. I love strong tea, so my teeth don't glow in the dark. They're natural.
 
VaughanJB said:
Yeah, but at the end of the day, it's about vanity. I remember when David Bowie got his teeth "fixed", sad times. Don't get me started on glow-in-the-dark white teeth, which isn't natural at all, but seems to be a norm in some cultures.
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That is the other end of the spectrum.
 

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