The number of adults who got orthodontic treatment is up nearly 40% since 1996, but adults face challenges that many teens do not, like an urgency to get potential gum ailments under control before ...

For generations, braces were almost a teenage rite of passage. Today, they're showing up in second grade.

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 ...

When I was 13, I could usually be found pacing the aisles of my local Walgreens wearing smiley-face Limited Too bellbottoms, reading the Alyssa Milano issue of Cosmopolitan, my mouth full of dental ...

Who wouldn’t want a great smile complete with sparkling white teeth all perfectly aligned in a row? Braces can help achieve this image, but ask anyone who wore dental braces as a teenager about the ...

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 ...

Aaden is the last of Kate Gosselin's eight children to have braces removed "Braces are a thing of the past" in the Gosselin household! On Monday, Kate Gosselin celebrated her son Aeden getting his ...