As a therapist and researcher on dating, Scott Sibley is used to talking about the nature of interpersonal relationships and appearances. So when he recently started to feel self-conscious about the ...

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 ...

For teens and adolescents, metal braces and colored rubber bands may be a perfectly acceptable first-line solution for ...

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.

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 ...

Anyone with misaligned or crooked teeth may have considered orthodontic braces at some point. In fact, getting braces has now become a rite of passage for many youths. The American Association of ...

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 ...

Katy Perry won't get her crooked lower teeth fixed because she won't ''commit'' to having braces. The 'Roar' hitmaker thinks her bottom row of teeth are her biggest beauty flaw, but she is reluctant ...