UPDATED: August 1st, 2016
Remember when some celebs had crooked teeth that weren’t evenly spaced, all the same size and blindingly white? There are still a few holdouts like Jewel and Madonna (whose gap comes and goes) but most people would rather have straight, perfect teeth. In a recent New York Magazine article, Dan P. Lee reports, “Over the past two decades, the number of North American teenagers in orthodontic treatment has nearly doubled, so that 80 percent are currently in an orthodontist’s care,” adding, “Adults now make up roughly a quarter of all orthodontics patients in the U.S. and Canada.” Models sporting braces started showing up in fashion spreads and on runways this past spring.
