Question

what is the main idea of the poem "oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth"

Answer 1

the main idea was to regret the children to not eat so many sweet's and sticky food and do not go for treatment or regret for it as like the poet Pam Ayres

Answer 2

"Oh ,I wish I'd looked after me teeth" expresses the poets regret in adulthood regarding the damage caused to her teeth due to her carelessness .In her youth , she made fun of her mother's false teeth , but now she helplessly awaits her turn when she would have to satisfy herself with a set of false teeth as a result of negligence .