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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is it different than braces?  People have no problems altering teeth for cosmetic reasons.  As far as I know, no one in our family has ever had cosmetic surgery, so I don't care personally but I can see there are some things, like the breast reduction (or a nose job for a nose that is far, far outside the mainstream) that I could agree to for under 18.[/quote]

My DD is 14 and has braces.  She has them because without them her adult teeth will fall out in her early 20's.  I do not want that for her.[/quote]

Some people who have braces need them. Many people who have braces have them for entirely cosmetic reasons. My children are among those - their teeth were slightly out of alignment, and if we were poorer, or lived in another part of the country, they wouldn't have had braces. Here? Braces. [/quote]

There is a big difference between gently moving teeth into alignment which can have health implications if untreated and having a surgical procedure to look more white which is what it really is. Would you feel the same if a black child wanted to lighten their skin? [/quote]

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