Braces are dental devices that use pressure and control to gradually shift and straighten your teeth. Teeth that are misaligned or crowded, teeth that have large gaps between them, and jawlines that ...

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SEATTLE - About five million Americans currently have braces to fix, straighten and perfect those pearly whites, but some people put off getting their teeth straightened because of the time and pain ...

They are devices that keep straightened teeth in place after braces have come off — right? While this is true, certain types of appliances can also help straighten teeth before and instead of braces.

Your smile is one way to express yourself. But if you’re worried about how your teeth look, you may not feel comfortable sharing a great big smile. Crooked or missing teeth can be embarrassing, and ...

Once seen as a treatment for teenagers, more and more adults are now wearing braces. Orthodontists say grown-ups are flocking through their doors for teeth-straightening despite it often costing ...

When people think about the correction of malaligned, crooked, overlapping or overcrowded teeth, braces and wires are the first things that spring to their mind. However, today we're living in an era ...

We're taking you back to the good (*bad*) ole days when everyone we knew had a face full of braces — stick with us here. The days of dreadful school pictures, painful appointments and, of course, the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Braces hurt. And it's no wonder. Your teeth aren't supposed to move like that, but there's more happening here than meets the eye. Braces don't work ...