A Brief History of Orthodontics



Although the attempts to correct teeth problems are much older, the first book on this subject was not published until 1728, when Pierre Fauchard published "The Surgeon Dentist" and dedicated one of the chapters to teeth alignment.
The first works dedicated entirely to orthodontics appeared in 1850. One of the fathers of orthodontics is considered Dr. Norman Kingsley - dentist, writer, painter and sculptor. At that time, the attention was focused on correcting facial proportions; tooth extractions with orthodontic indications were not common, because very few people had the complete set of teeth.
Among the first specialists in orthodontics is Dr. J.N. Farrar too, who wrote the book "A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction". Farrar has also developed various models of fixed dental devices and has been the first to suggest the use of moderate forces during long time intervals to correct teeth alignment.
In the 1890s, appeared the technique of replacing missing teeth with artificial teeth. Starting with 1930, aesthetic treatments became very popular in the US and, in the 1970s, orthogonal surgery was actively developed to help remove maxillary dental abnormalities in adult patients.
The year 2000 saw the apparition of transparent dental trays that work as braces. 2003 was the year when self-ligating braces entered the market and, since 2005, we have universal devices for the alignment of teeth and miofunctional therapy.
Orthodontics has come a long way since these first oral health pioneers. You can count in 
highly trained Littleton orthodontist specialists to employ state of the art techniques in providing you with the best oral health and smile to last a lifetime. 
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