As a European people here often make comments about American teeth being ridiculously white and unnaturally straight. You guys went a bit far on that one.
Unnaturally straight? What is natural to you? My teeth are perfectly straight and so is my entire family’s and none of us has ever had braces. Is that not natural?
Corrected vision is unnatural. Did we go a bit far on that too?
Europeans’ teeth would be white too if they smoked less.
Apparently anything man-made to modify natural outcomes is unnatural.
There are extremes, like elective cosmetic surgery, fake tans, cranial implants, etc., but some things just make living as an ordinary person easier. Glasses, hearing aids, normal medicines, etc.
We can all agree that somewhere in between is certainly the preferred option. Walking around with all veneers or crowns is a problem, but so is walking around with constant cavities and yellow teeth, so likely somewhere in between what the US does and the EU does.
Healthy teeth have nothing to do with veneers and crowns. The opposite of a decorated mouth is not a sick mouth, just like the opposite of a bright pink house isn't a burned down house.
Sure, that’s obviously true, but misses my point; on average, European teeth are less healthy than American teeth. At the same time, American teeth tend to have too much work done on them on average.
