I know a lot of kids have braces, both of mine did, but I just recently found out that it's been around for more than 2000 years!
Wow! That is incredible! I had braces a few years ago. I'm sure there has been innovation in braces since then!
But 2000 years, I mean did people have braces back when Jesus walked the earth?  Seems crazy, but it did have it's origins as a part of medicine.
I don't know about that, but it's possible! I feel like people are more considered about mouth/dental health present day.
Actually archaeologists have actually discovered mummified ancients with metal bands on their teeth!!  Maybe King Tut had braces!!  Weird to think of.
Yeah that's hard to think of! But they were a pretty advanced society! Do you think they wore them for a longer period of time?
Who knows!  I mean it's not a disease to have abnormal alignment of the teeth but perhaps they were so bad it affected eating - so someone had to try to fix it.
Possibly! Maybe some of the people back then had naturally perfectly aligned teeth and everyone admired that?
In today's society it seems that about 30% of us need orthodontic treatment, that means that 70% don't!  So maybe most of them back then really did have perfect teeth!
I did not know that! It might also depend on certain cultures. Maybe some societies had better/worse genetics?