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| Europe |
| Who needs toothpaste? |
| 2007-09-20 |
| ONE OF the tired cliches about Europe is that its inhabitants all have mossy teeth, and have limited enthusiasm for matters of personal hygiene. This is a deporable generalisation, and not a serious subject for discussion. That said... crikey there is a jaw-dropping piece in today's Le Figaro, tucked away in the health pages (alas, not seemingly available on the internet). The article quotes a pair of dentists, one from a Paris teaching hospital and one from the French dentistry association, and offers the following statistics (without citing sources). - one million French citizens never brush their teeth - half of all French do not brush their teeth in the evening - 57% of French children under five have never brushed their teeth - the average French citizen uses between one and two toothbrushes in a year Hmm. This sounds like a situation in need of radical change. Has anyone told Mr Sarkozy? |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #3 When I was a kid I'd go through a bar of soap every couple of days. (Of course that was due to my mother jamming it into my mouth a couple of times a day.) ;) |
| Posted by: jds 2007-09-20 12:45 |
| #2 And, I have no idea what the US rate is per person. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-09-20 12:12 |
| #1 TW's hubbie would know better but if memory serves me its something like 3 to 6 bars of soap a year/person. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-09-20 12:10 |