awesome! congrats and good luck changing all those nappies ;)

Take it with a pinch of salt; speaking as an inhabitant of Dublin, I'm 99% sure the city council is just using "EU law" as an excuse to get out of doing something they don't want to do for other, unspecified reasons.

"<4" was coined by Anil Dash: http://twitter.com/anildash/statuses/375886752

Those comparing US to UK teeth should be aware that the UK does not add fluoride to the water, whereas it's routinely added to the majority of water supplies in the US. Fluoridation probably has a much greater effect than the free/pay nature of dental work...