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J Dentofacial Anom Orthod
Volume 14, Number 1, March 2011
P. Fauchard - Varia
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| Article Number | 104 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/odfen/2011103 | |
| Published online | 01 August 2011 | |
Pierre Fauchard the “inventor” of orthodontics
Address for correspondence: Julien PHILIPPE, 6, rue Chanzy, 28000 Chartres. julien.philippe28@wanadoo.fr
No one before Pierre Fauchard had claimed to be able to move teeth except Celsus who suggested applying finger pressure to a tooth that was erupting in the wrong direction.
Fauchard advised dentists to examine a patient’s mouth and occlusion first and then, if necessary, to use one of a number of methods he proposed to “straighten” irregular teeth. The principal device was a “plate,” a small segment of thin metal attached to anchor teeth from which force could be exerted on mal-positioned teeth. He uprighted teeth leaning inward by luxation with a “pelican.”
The two chapters of his book that were devoted to “straightening” teeth constitute the origin of modern orthodontics.
Key words: Pierre Fauchard / History of orthodontics / Straightening teeth
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