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Gwen Stefani -

Gwen Stefani always wanted braces when she was younger but couldn’t afford them. In 1999, at age 30, Stefani finally got the braces she had been longing for.

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Emma Watson -

Between ‘Harry Potter’ films, Emma Watson wore braces for three months to correct one crooked tooth.

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Dakota Fanning -

A young and adorable Dakota Fanning had many problems with her teeth while growing up.  She was very excited to get braces and had them fitted at the age of seven.

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Prince Harry -

Prince Harry sported braces in 1999.

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Angelina Jolie -

Angelina Jolie was spotted with her father Jon Voight at the 60th Academy Awards ceremony with braces.

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Kendall Jenner -

Kendall Jenner had braces when she was 13 years old and then had Invisalign when she was 17.

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Serena Williams -

Serena Williams had braces around the beginning of her tennis career. Serena Williams’ sister Venus also had braces around the same time.

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Drew Barrymore -

Drew Barrymore had braces when she was 12 and has a beautiful smile today because of it.

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Faith Hill -

Singer Faith Hill was seen in braces at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Hill had braces when she was younger, but didn’t wear the retainer enough, so she had to get braces again at age 46 to straighten her teeth.

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Tom Cruise -

Tom Cruise is known for his dazzling smile, which resulted from wearing an almost invisible retainer for a few months in 2002.

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Niall Horan -

Niall Horan of One Direction had braces in 2012. The removal of his braces made headlines at the time.

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Nicolas Cage -

Nicolas Cage had braces fitted to straighten his lower teeth when he was 40 in 2003.

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Faye Dunaway -

In 2002, Faye Dunaway, at age 61, had braces fitted to improve her dental health and lift her smile.

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Estelle -

Estelle wanted braces since she was 20 years old, and finally got the courage to get some fitted when she was 28 in anticipation of the Grammys the following year.

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Ariel Winter -

Ariel Winter had braces fitted in real life and ended up sporting them through two seasons of ‘Modern Family.’

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Fantasia Barrino -

'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino had braces in 2008, and still wears a retainer these days from time to time.

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Miley Cyrus -

When Miley Cyrus was on ‘Hannah Montana,’ she had braces. However, the braces couldn’t be seen as they were on the inside surface of her teeth.

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Justin Bieber -

Justin Bieber had braces when he was a teenager, but they were Invisalign and were therefore very difficult to spot.

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Gwyneth Paltrow -

Gwyneth Paltrow’s dazzling smile is also the result of orthodontics. Paltrow had braces when she was in high school. Here she is around that time with her famous mom, Blythe Danner. 

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Cindy Crawford -

Cindy Crawford had braces to correct her overbite and crooked teeth growing up. She also had the braces refitted for a Pepsi ad in later years.

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Kate Hudson -

Kate Hudson also sported braces during her high school years.

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Katherine Heigl -

Katherine Heigl had two crooked teeth for her entire life, but opted to get Invisalign braces fitted to fix them for her wedding day. During that time, she was filing ‘27 Dresses’ (2008) and had to take them out to film scenes.

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Britney Spears -

In 2020, Britney Spears revealed that the reason for her speaking with a lisp was that she was wearing a retainer.

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Emma Stone -

Emma Stone has had a retainer that expands her mouth since she was 11 years old.

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Gabrielle Union -

Gabrielle Union also has a retainer, which she apparently doesn’t wear often enough.

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Teddi Mellencamp -

'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Teddi Mellencamp took to Instagram to reveal that she also wears a retainer.

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Beyoncé -

Beyoncé revealed that she wasn’t lucky enough to have straight teeth naturally. She wore braces and had her fair share of work done on her teeth when she was young.

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Tyra Banks -

Tyra Banks responded in support of a fan on Twitter, who felt that they couldn’t become a model because they had braces, by saying that she also had braces for two years before she became a successful model.

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Ryan Seacrest -

Ryan Seacrest doesn’t naturally have straight teeth either. He wore braces as a child.

Sources: (Women's Health)

See also: Disney stars: Then and now

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