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 ...

Braces feel like a modern rite of passage, a high school accessory that arrived alongside smartphones and social media. In reality, people have been trying to straighten teeth for thousands of years, ...

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Old school metal braces are making a comeback with Gen Z embracing them as a fashion statement. The TODAY anchors weigh in on the trend and then share their own throwback pics of their younger selves ...

“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 ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand Old-school metal braces are now a fashion statement “Metal mouths” are back. Old-school metal braces are becoming the teeth-straightener of choice among kids and adults ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Ceramic braces realign, adjust, and straighten the teeth in the same way as traditional metal braces. However, ceramic braces have become a popular alternative due to being less noticeable. Ceramic ...

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