A new stereotype about Americans? 🤔😅

[southerbb]

maybe it's from all the American films they've watched where the main character (usually a teen in this case) gets up for the day, dry brushes their teeth, go downstairs to a gigantic breakfast spread their mother has put on, takes a sip of orange juice and leaves for school

[Cupcakiiiii]

Nooo as a German I can tell you the only typical American teeth stereotype is that y'all have perfect teeth lol

[JaneAustenAteMyCat]

As an Englishwoman I have no idea why one of my compatriots would think Americans don't use toothpaste...

[RimaEln]

As a non-American, I used to think they didn't use toothpaste, too. This is because, in movies, the person brushing their teeth *never* uses toothpaste. So, I just assumed it was like that in the US. So, I guess the stereotype comes from the movies.

[GirlWithSquareEyes]

That person definitely wasn't British if they were willing to talk to you in a lift. Definitely a stealth Australian!

[roxywyndham]

Not the British questioning Americas oral hygiene 😂

[katopedia]

This is so strange because I always thought Americans took dental hygiene really seriously 😂

[MackerelCat]

I’m British and I’ve never heard it said Americans don’t use toothpaste. That rando must have some really funny ideas 😂

[impishrebel]

This video sums up my decade in Britain as a naturalized citizen. The insane amount of weird things people believe about North America is unreal.

My favorite is definitely the one where a friend really didn't understand how big the place is, and said they were going "on holiday" to the US (it''s never 'vacation' it's 'holiday' in Britain) for a week and wanted to see NYC, Orlando and LA in the time and asked me for the best highway routes to take because they were renting a car for a road trip. I said "You're not hitting up NYC and LA in a week." "Why not" "Not without a plane, you're not. Not in a week." "Why NOT?" "To put it in perspective, that's equivalent of saying you want to drive from London to Morocco, and you complain about the two hour drive to Bristol."

[HappyGnoux]

Some Americans explained to my french teacher on a trip to the US, what a fridge was, because they thought we didn't have them in France... so I guess there's just odd people in every countries^^

[JA-vvwy]

Sounds like they heard about “dry brushing” for improved circulation and assumed it meant for the teeth 🤷‍♀️

[oldvlognewtricks]

I’m British and I’ve never heard this one… although on screen you see a lot of actors brushing with nothing in their mouths — I just imagined this was a convenience thing, rather than something real people actually did.

[QueenieisLuv]

Of ALL people in the world, I KNOW it ain't the British talkin about TEETH 😭😭😭

[TreeHugginT]

I always hear our across the pond neighbors talking about our “big white artificial” smiles. This is a new one for me. We definitely use toothpaste. Even on the artificial smiles. 🥰

[JaneyRhino]

(*asks directions in French*)
"You American?"
"How did you know?"
"Only one country issues teeth like that." --- A Good Year, 2006

[tessa]

I think it might be because of what you see in tv shows. They never actually brush their teeth on tv, could be where the confusion comes from. 🤷‍♀️

[VictoriaA]

They have clearly never seen the mouth care isle in any American store lol.

[SteeloBrynn]

LoL that’s bc in all of our movies/shows they’re just dry brushing 🤣

[francofrancis]

I would've been like " I KNOW we ain't talking about TEETH?!? Say cheese real quick"

[michellexbeauty]

I always thought that we were stereotyped to have nice white teeth lol this is a new one I’ve learned

Edit: ok guys I get it… not “nice” teeth but “artificial” I got it after the first comment