Surprising Facts about the
Origins of Orthodontics
1.
Straighter
Teeth Started in Egypt.2.
Braces
have been around for almost 300 years.3.
Braces
used to have a whole lot more metal.§
Before
the 1970’s, orthodontists hand anchor brackets to teeth by winding wires
tightly around each individual tooth4.
The
first book about dentistry was written in 1840.§
Chapin
A. Harris published his first book; “The Dental Art”. It describes practices
about soldering knobs on bands to assist tooth rotation as well as applying
gold caps to molars to open the dental bite.
