Others said its leadership role as the largest city in a state that is mostly nonfluoridated — and has some of the worst tooth-decay problems in the nation, according to various medical studies — made the new course long overdue.
Under-fives in the north west have the worst teeth in England, they told us, as if that were something to celebrate.
We also find out how Dr Denise fares after being abducted by a baddie with the worst teeth on television, and just how Glenn is going to get back into town and whether he can save his pregnant wife Maggie.
If you're British, it's a joke you love to hate: Your countrymen (and women) have the world's worst teeth, at least according to those obnoxious Americans.
That's why the company has become particularly adept at creating monsters; Davis' oft-stated goal is that Crypt TV become the "Marvel of monsters". To that end, he's already had a hit with Giggles, a scary female clown character with the worst teeth you'll ever see and more than 370,000 Facebook followers.
New Zealand, which led the world in per-capita sugar consumption and had the world's worst teeth, began fluoridation in 1953, and by 1968 fluoridation was used by 65% of the population served by a piped water supply.
Since I have the world's worst sweet tooth, I'm trying to lead these guys toward less sugar and eating dessert every night isn't a habit I want to instill.
The worst thing for teeth, he says, is grinding; he advises against bulimia, caramels, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, crunching ice, or using one's teeth to open bottles and crack crab claws.
But raisins are probably one of the worst things for your teeth because it coats the teeth in sugar.
"Raisins are one of the worst agents in promoting tooth decay," he insists.
The calculation of kappa was performed considering the worst condition of each tooth.
