US fights war on soldiers’ tooth decay

[mummymonkey]

I've put this in the 'medicine' forum.

thousands of men chosen to buttress the American effort had such bad teeth they could not be deployed without a blitz of dental work

http://www.sundayherald.com/50154

Is this the end of toothy jokes at the expense of us Brits?

 

[Doubt]

No. Tradition alone will cary the dental jokes forward. Who needs facts for international humor?