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Originally Posted by kyo_9
hmm.. Japanese people are famous for their 'cute' teeth and I wonder why do they won't wear braces~ One of my friends said that the cost of braces here is very expensive.. is that the main reason?  |
You are starting to see more and more Japanese wear braces.
This is not an economical issue (they are very expensive in the US, too...I don't know about the rest of the world), but a cultural one.
In the past straight white teeth was not considered a sign of beauty.
Women even painted their teeth black up until the Meiji era.
