A Little Historic Background on Orthodontics
People have used braces to straighten their teeth for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Orthodontics dates back to the time of the Egyptians - mummies have been found with wires on their teeth, resembling braces.
Back around 400 BC, Hippocrates wrote regarding hard work to smooth down teeth.
Pressure as a means to align one's teeth has clearly been a common practice since ancient times.
In 1850 the first device was invented using oral force to straighten teeth.
The dentist at the head of the movement was Dr.
Norman Kingsley, who would go on to serve as the first dean of the New York University College for Dentistry.
For people of the past, having a set of completely healthy teeth was a rarity, so people typically did not pay any mind to a person's bite.
It was in the later part of the 19th century, that Dr Edward Angle published his work, Angle's Classification of Malocclusion.
The text was revolutionary at the time.
Methods for correcting a misaligned occlusion were described, as well as the idea of the teeth having a "natural occlusion.
" Three types of malocclusion were described through his efforts.
Class I malocclusion which has an improper occlusal line, Class II malocclusion or overbite, and Class III malocclusion or under bite.
Dr.
The American Association of Orthodontists was created by Dr.
Edward Angle with the help of some other dentists.
Orthodontics was generally accepted as a specialty field of dentistry starting with Angle's exploratory work being published.
Though not the the field we see today, Orthodontics was beginning to move away from the superficial correction of the appearance of teeth, to the exact classification and treatment of problems of occlusion.
Throughout the course of the century, the idea that tooth extraction could serve a role in orthodontics grew.
In the 1930's, dentists began to experiment with enhancing the proportions of the face through tooth extraction, making for a more secure alignment of the teeth.
A decade later, radio-graphs were developed by dentists to permit them to view the developing bones in the mouth, and how these bones could affect the alignment of the teeth.
This led to the knowledge that by redirecting the growth of bone, changes to the alignment could be made to prevent malocclusion.
Orthodontia research began charting undiscovered territory in the sixties, as it delved into the role surgery could play in fixing occlusion in people whose bone couldn't develop any further.
Modern orthodontics, such as is practiced by Camarillo orthodontists, has made significant advancements since those early days.
Today, not only does an orthodontist correct the alignment of the teeth for a more cosmetically pleasing experience, but it can also create a firm occlusal relationship.
Orthodontics dates back to the time of the Egyptians - mummies have been found with wires on their teeth, resembling braces.
Back around 400 BC, Hippocrates wrote regarding hard work to smooth down teeth.
Pressure as a means to align one's teeth has clearly been a common practice since ancient times.
In 1850 the first device was invented using oral force to straighten teeth.
The dentist at the head of the movement was Dr.
Norman Kingsley, who would go on to serve as the first dean of the New York University College for Dentistry.
For people of the past, having a set of completely healthy teeth was a rarity, so people typically did not pay any mind to a person's bite.
It was in the later part of the 19th century, that Dr Edward Angle published his work, Angle's Classification of Malocclusion.
The text was revolutionary at the time.
Methods for correcting a misaligned occlusion were described, as well as the idea of the teeth having a "natural occlusion.
" Three types of malocclusion were described through his efforts.
Class I malocclusion which has an improper occlusal line, Class II malocclusion or overbite, and Class III malocclusion or under bite.
Dr.
The American Association of Orthodontists was created by Dr.
Edward Angle with the help of some other dentists.
Orthodontics was generally accepted as a specialty field of dentistry starting with Angle's exploratory work being published.
Though not the the field we see today, Orthodontics was beginning to move away from the superficial correction of the appearance of teeth, to the exact classification and treatment of problems of occlusion.
Throughout the course of the century, the idea that tooth extraction could serve a role in orthodontics grew.
In the 1930's, dentists began to experiment with enhancing the proportions of the face through tooth extraction, making for a more secure alignment of the teeth.
A decade later, radio-graphs were developed by dentists to permit them to view the developing bones in the mouth, and how these bones could affect the alignment of the teeth.
This led to the knowledge that by redirecting the growth of bone, changes to the alignment could be made to prevent malocclusion.
Orthodontia research began charting undiscovered territory in the sixties, as it delved into the role surgery could play in fixing occlusion in people whose bone couldn't develop any further.
Modern orthodontics, such as is practiced by Camarillo orthodontists, has made significant advancements since those early days.
Today, not only does an orthodontist correct the alignment of the teeth for a more cosmetically pleasing experience, but it can also create a firm occlusal relationship.
