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, ...

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 ...

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 ...