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The HISTORY of Orthodontics! Archaeologists have found crooked teeth dating as far back as 50,000 years! Archaeologists find that ancient egyptians used catgut to wrap teeth! Etruscan women had a gold horseshoe shaped tool around their teeth after death! pierre fauchard wrote a book called “the surgeon dentist” and introduced a “bandeau” - a piece of metal that fit around teeth to move them! edward hartley angle classes what makes a malocclusion and how to fix it! orthodontists discover stainless steel for wires and learn how to place brackets on teeth! align technology is created and invisible orthodontics (invisalign) is born! 50,000 years ago 1000 b.c. (around third intermediate period) 400 b.c. 1728 1880 1970s 1990s and today!

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Page 1: history of ortho - Bethesda Dental Specialtiesuploads.bethesdadentalspecialties.com/2016/06/08155637/...The HISTORY of Orthodontics! Archaeologists have found crooked teeth dating

The HISTORY of Orthodontics!

Archaeologists have found crooked teeth dating as far back as 50,000 years!

Archaeologists find that ancient egyptians used catgut to wrap teeth!

Etruscan women had a gold horseshoe shaped tool around their teeth after death!

pierre fauchard wrote a book called “the surgeon dentist” and introduced a “bandeau” - a piece of metal that fit around teeth to move them! edward

hartley angle classes what makes a malocclusion and how to fix it!

orthodontists discover stainless steel for wires and learn how to place brackets on teeth!

align technology is created and invisible orthodontics (invisalign) is born!

50,000 years ago

1000 b.c. (around third intermediate period)

400 b.c.

1728

1880

1970s

1990s and today!