For most Britons, the teeth aren’t particularly uncared for, they just don’t have the hangups we do about perfectly straight, overwhitened teeth. Unless it’s a real disaster, they tend not to go for straightening.
So the concept of Porcelain Veneers is alien to them?
Even the royals and the TV stars have ugly teeth, and they can certainly afford to have them done privately, even if the NHS doesn’t cover it.
They just don’t see it as being all that unattractive. My English mother-in-law thought it was ridiculous that we had the kids get braces. She honestly didn’t think there was anything wrong with their teeth. Yet, my kids’ overbites were bad enough that in Britain they probably would have got orthodontia paid for by the NHS.
Do you think Socialized Dentistry could have something to do with that?