to have braces(teeth)fitted regardless of whether they need them or not,is it a rites of passage thing going on here or something?
2006-12-22 07:11:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i mean here in the uk i can count on one hand in all my years at school and hanging out when i was a teenager with other teenagers i hardly met one who had dental braces fitted!mind you there were some goofy looking oiks amongst us come to think of it.
2006-12-22 07:17:14 · update #1
I know plenty of kids who don't have braces whether they need them or not, I had them because I would rather of had braces then had my molar's and my wisdom teeth pulled.
2006-12-22 09:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, American youth who have straight teeth do not get braces. Their parents would not go to the expense, and the children would not go to the trouble.
But there are a lot of people without straight teeth, and I think there's more cultural pressure here to have them straightened. Even some older adults get braces here.
2006-12-22 15:19:29 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this comes under the same section as mc donalds feeding humans trash right... oh theres your reason....
2006-12-22 15:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋