black teeth

[jayarr]

I recently watched the movie pee mak recently and quickly noticed they all had dark teeth. From what I can tell, some say it was a hygiene thing, some say it was a dye for fashion or religious reasons, some say it was from betel nut use but that seems to be more of a red color. anyone know its purpose and when/why it stopped?

 

[LASportsNut]

Great movie. I have seen it 3 times now.  Haha.

Here is some information on the black teeth.

[Garzan]

5 hours ago, jayarr said:

I recently watched the movie pee mak recently

 

I just watched that with my daughter recently. One of the big advantages I see to having Netflix is all the Thai content that also has English subtitles. It's been great. I've found other sources for English subtitles, but Netflix makes it very easy, and as time goes by, I appreciate "easy" more and more. :-)

[Noble Design]

I would say it's from chewing betel nut. I have seen similar looking teeth from Myanmar & Taiwanese who happens to still be chewing those stuffs. 

[whitespider - RIP]

Yeah very likely betel. It’s quite unusual amongst the younger generations tho, even in the villages.

[wolfy]

This is the type that I normally see with the black teeth