Orthodontics (history And +) Flashcards
Ortho means
Straight
Odonto means
Dentition
1879
”a treatis on oral deformities as a branch of mechanical surgery”
He designed fixed removable inclined planes, to correct class 2 malocclusions
he was de first person in 1880 to introduce the concept of jumping the bite, for px with a returned mandible
Norman W.Kingsley
Father of modern orthodontics
Edward H. Angle
First simple class of malocclusion
1988 he demostrated for the first time the expansion arch and its auxiliaries
1900 started the first school of orthodontics
Edward H. Angle
Who was against extraction teeth as part of an orthodontic treatment
Edward Angle
specific area of dental practice that has as its responsibility the study and supervision of the growth and the development of the dentition and its related anatomical structures from birth to dental maturity
Orthodontics
Elements of orthodontics
prevention and correction of malocclusion
treatment and dento-facial abnormalities
growth of the carnio-facial complex
development of malocclusion
Types of orthodontics
- preventive ortho
- interceptive
- corrective
Act BEFORE the appearance of malocclusions
when the diagnosis indicates that they are going to occur and will alter the normal development of the dental and maxillary/mandible organs
Preventive ortho
it is usually applied at young ages to avoid possible malocclusion
Preventive ortho
Before preventive treatment we need to:
caries control and care of deciduous teeth
eruption monitoring and maintenance
early recognition of oral habits
removal of supernumerary and retained deciduous teeth
Apppliances of preventive ortho
Are maintainers
- nance bottom
- lingual arch
- band n loop
Correct bad dental positions or habits that are occurring but they can still be treated to change their evolution
Interceptive ortho
it is used where a bad position or habit have already been established, but still corrected
Interceptive ortho
