--- title: Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling description: Wesley the dog just recently got his braces on, but he isn't shy about showing off his new metal-clad pearly whites. canonical: https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T19:18:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:34.399Z og:title: Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling og:description: His name is Wesley og:url: https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling twitter:description: His name is Wesley twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling > Sponsored content. 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On Friday, the Facebook page for [Harborfront Hospital for Animals](https://www.facebook.com/Harborfront-Hospital-for-Animals-318969165452/?fref=photo), a Michigan veterinary clinic, shared a picture of Wesley adorably baring his tinsel teeth for the camera. The post explains that while many people are skeptical of doggy orthodontia, braces are helpful for solving medical issues for many animals. “Orthodontia in [pets](http://time.com/4236047/doggles-dog-sunglasses/) is normally not for aesthetic purposes, but because of health concerns,” it reads. “This is Wesley and he needed tooth alignment because he could not close his mouth completely, otherwise.” **Read More:** [This Doggie Photo Booth Is the Cutest Thing You’ll See Today](http://time.com/3816732/doggie-dog-photo-booth-humane-society-utah/) Luckily, the [adorable pup’s](http://time.com/4232356/labrador-retrievers-most-popular-breed/) time in braces will be short and sweet. “The good news is, the correction needed will be brief, perhaps only a few weeks,” the post says. “Also, it obviously doesn’t bother him one little bit…He’s a happy little guy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/"},"headline":"Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling","datePublished":"2016-02-29T19:18:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:34.399Z","description":"His name is Wesley","url":"https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","dentists"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4241671/heres-a-photo-of-a-dog-with-braces-goofily-smiling/","name":"Here's a Photo of a Dog with Braces Goofily Smiling"}}]}] ```