Ask any American for a UK stereotype and, after a love of tea and Harry Potter, they’ll say horrible teeth. In one episode of The Simpsons, a dentist whips out “The Big Book of British Smiles” in a ...

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With the Telegraph proclaiming that “British teeth are back” and the New York Times celebrating “the novelty of natural teeth”, you may be forgiven for thinking that our obsession with the ...

Aneurin (“Nye”) Bevan, Britain’s Health Minister, was a bit embarrassed last week by the public’s enthusiasm for government-financed doctoring. He announced: “It seems that an extraordinary proportion ...

Among 16-to-19-year-old Britishers who dare the dentist, 12% need a complete set of false teeth.* Open spaces are as common in the West End as in Limehouse. Bad teeth plague cabinet members and ships’ ...

Sparkling white, flawlessly straight teeth have long been thought of as a key ingredient for a perfect smile among the rich and famous. Now, however, it seems a more natural and characterful set of ...