“Early humans used chewing sticks, twigs, bird feathers, animal bones, and plant fibers to remove debris from their teeth,” ...

Getting braces is more than straight teeth. This video shows what really happens when you get braces, day by day, from the ...

Up until recently, I was pretty happy with my teeth. Were they picture perfect and snowy white? Not quite—but I was pleased enough with their appearance (especially considering I didn’t have braces as ...

As a preteen, when my parents and I were deciding which type of braces to get, there weren't many options to choose from, so I went with the classic metal ones. Today, the options for ...

Angie Davis wasn't so sure she wanted to be wearing braces at age 40, but when her teenage daughter began seeing an orthodontist, Davis decided she might as well get her own teeth taken care of, too.

Anyone with misaligned or crooked teeth may have considered orthodontic braces at some point. In fact, getting braces has now become a rite of passage for many youths. The American Association of ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Getting braces can almost be a rite of passage for tweens and teens. Fifty to 70% of people end up with braces at some point. But when’s the best age to visit the orthodontist?

When I was about 12, a dentist told my parents I needed braces. My teeth were too crowded in my tiny mouth and crooked in spots. My parents, who afforded me a remarkable amount of autonomy, let me ...

It was somewhere around the fourth or fifth grade that it became very apparent that just about everyone else in my class had something I did not: braces. To say I was a bit jealous is an ...

Nadia Czekajewski got braces on her teeth when she was 8. Now she's in third grade, turning 9, and "she'll be done before she begins fourth grade," said her father, Tomasz Czekajewski. "It was a wise ...