The Molar Index

We always love it when The Economist makes a cutting reference to Americans’ preference for bright shiny teeth. It’s almost as if the magazine takes pride in English teeth, as a sign of lack of vanity, wise allocation of health resources, or what have you.

The mag’s latest crack got Microkhan thinking about the reasons for England’s middling dental health. And that train of thought led us to the World Health Organization, which (bless its black-helicopter heart) actually tracks the concentration