My husband (Brit) has braces for the first time in his life. After he gets them off....he’ll have his teeth bleached. He’s THRILLED. The dentists in the UK (especially in the 50’s 60’s) were sadists...and I’m putting that lightly. Got a hole in your tooth? They yank it out.
My husband is also a brit, now American citizen, and he just doesn’t give a crap how his teeth look. ( bottom teeth crooked and one that’s chipped. ) And I think he’s that way because of the way dentists were in England back when he was growing up. I keep telling him he’s in America now, go get them buggers fixed!!!
His aunt who is in her 90’s has what I call,”the queen mum’s teeth” because they are stained brown from years of drinking tea.