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[quote=Anonymous]I think it comes down to a few things: how you were raised/childhood care of your teeth and genetics.

I am an younger gen xer and had regular dental care, braces for about 4 years and I grind. I have not gotten on the whitening train (I think it looks artificial/unnatural), and I drink tea, floss, brush twice a day, etc. My parents had relatively healthy teeth (although not braces) and that's been passed to me. I also think the braces thing was a big flex in the 80s/90s (showed your family was middle class/upper middle class).

My dentist told me a lot of older people don't even take care of cavities or opt for crowns/root canals. He said it is a big generational thing - they just tell him to pull the tooth and move on. That really surprised me.

My uncle (80+) was raised very poor, was successful in his career, but his teeth are a mess - years of cavities and crowns, lack of care and poor childhood nutrition etc. have literally caught up with him. If I remember correctly, he never has had dental insurance at any point in his life, even during his highest earning years.

I think we NOW see teeth as important, and as part of our overall image, but I think that's fairly recent. [/quote]

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