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 ...

Courtesy of Samantha M., Jenn E., Erika B. You may associate braces with the (painfully) awkward middle school experience, but they’re not just for preteens. Adults, too, can reap the teeth-shifting ...

I spent many hours of my childhood at the orthodontist’s office. Thanks to my cleft palate, I wore braces on and off for about 10 years. Although I never had braces as an adult (I finished my ...

The phrase “fashion braces” may sound like an oxymoron to anyone who endured the years of pain and humiliation that accompany orthodontic intervention. Yet purely ornamental, non-corrective braces ...

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MOORHEAD - When adult orthodontic patients ask Dr. Matthew Ames if they're too old for braces, he replies, "Well, do you smile?" Ames, of Harvey Orthodontics here, says he gets that question a lot, ...

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 ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Braces are a common ...

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.

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 ...