Ask Laura Kissinger to smile, and she’ll do so happily. Broadly. Widely. Proudly displaying the metal brackets adorning her incisors, molars and canines. “I’m not embarrassed!” said Kissinger, 47, a ...

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“Orthodontists across the country are noticing a rise in interest in the uncool oral train tracks of yore among Gen Z hipsters and adults who have no qualms about broadcasting their perceived ...

Children and adults alike have dreaded the conversation with their orthodontist: Whether they’ll need to spend a few years with braces. (In fact, one in five orthodontic patients is over the age of 21 ...

The average cost of braces is $5,991 for the whole process. That's about $250 per month for 24 months. If you don't have insurance, metal or ceramic braces usually cost between $2,750 and $7,000. The ...

After seeing nothing but the tiniest clear plastic notches on moving teeth for the last few years, train tracks are back. A signifier of the nerdy character and a regular feature of the ‘before’ shot ...

People who have crooked, crowded or gapped teeth are advised to get braces to straighten and align their teeth. In most cases, braces are put in children and younger adults to align their teeth.

Oh, to be a teen right now! Sure, there are many, many, many reasons the kids are not currently all right. But even while disturbing TikTok filters are running rampant and tanking teens’ body image, ...