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Triumphant return of ‘tinsel teeth’: Metal braces are cool again with US teens and tweens
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The number of people being treated with metal braces is on the rise, reaching 77 per cent in 2024 from 75 per cent in 2022 in the United States.
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Jessica Shaw
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UNITED STATES – Like many middle-schoolers across the country, Madison Aballi carefully crafted her look for the first day of seventh grade.
To see old friends and meet new teachers, she walked into her school in Westport, Connecticut, with a new light pink North Face backpack, complete with a Labubu keychain. She carried a new-to-her iPhone 15 Pro (formerly her mother’s).
