Reply #12: BBC link to similar article:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3109915.stm

I get the St. Pete Times - it is on the front page of the Nation and World section - but I can't find it on their site yet.

quotes from the article:

"Prevention and having nice white shiny teeth is a huge priority for us (U.S. citizens) from the moment we're born," she said. "That doesn't seem to be the culture here. You've got a lot of tea drinkers; you've got a lot of staining. In the U.S., we go through a spool of dental floss every six weeks, on average. Here it's a year and a half."
Back in Rochdale clinic, Anis laughed hollowly when the word came up. "Floss?" he said. "That's a good one."