Her teeth aren’t ‘American teen’ perfect but they are absolutely fine and given her Dad had dental issues and had a complex about them, and birth mum had jaw issues and corrective surgery to fix, I don’t know why we are even talking about it, I feel as though we should leave them well alone. Her dentist says they’re fine, too, any treatment would have to be done privately. We’ve become quite polarised because I see this as a cosmetic procedure and I just hate the idea of it. She’s a confident happy teen and I don’t understand why she wants this, and I’m stuck as to whether to honour her wish - it’s her body - or put my foot down and say no - when she’s an adult she can pay for it herself. She did tell me one of her Dads friends said in front of her (who also has perfectly normal teeth, but works in an image conscious industry) that ‘she regrets not getting it done’ when she was young. I’m angry with her too for saying it in front of our daughter, but I wasn’t there so not sure whether that’s fair. I feel as though her Dad has projected his own insecurities on her but maybe I’m being unreasonable- any thoughts/advice?!