Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Calvin Suveril Case (April 24, 1847 – April 16, 1923) was an American orthodontist who is one of the earliest figures in orthodontics. [1] Case did extensive work with cleft lip and palate and is known for developing the Velum Obturator.
Edward Hartley Angle (June 1, 1855 – August 11, 1930) was an American dentist, widely regarded as "the father of American orthodontics". [1] He was trained as a dentist, but made orthodontics his speciality and dedicated his life to standardizing the teaching and practice of orthodontics.
Harold Dean Kesling (April 8, 1901 – 1979) was an American orthodontist who is known for developing the tooth positioning appliance called "Positioner". This appliance is used in orthodontics at the end of treatment to allow teeth to settle in occlusion.
The Angle Orthodontist is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering orthodontics that is published by the E. H. Angle Education and Research Foundation and is the official journal of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontia. The editor-in-chief is Steven J. Lindauer (Virginia Commonwealth University).
He is most-remember for his articles Cephalometrics for You and me (1953), Cephalometrics in Clinical Practice (1959), Use of Cephalometrics as an Aid to Planning and Assessing Orthodontic Treatment (1960). He worked at the Angle School of Orthodontia, perfecting the edgewise bracket, and associated armamentaria, that would become the standard ...
Charles Henry Tweed (June 24, 1895 – January 11, 1970) was an American orthodontist known for many of his contributions to the field of orthodontics.He was a founder of the Charles H. Tweed Foundation for Orthodontic Research.
Constructed from an elastomeric material, these original preformed activators are used in the primary to adult dentition but ideal for use in the early through late mixed dentition [5] [6] (these studies utilized Ortho-Tain's Nite-Guide® and/or Occlus-o-Guide®). Along with their activator properties, ideal for correction of class II ...
Little's Irregularity Index is an index used in the field of Orthodontics to measure the crowding of Mandibular anterior arch. The index was first proposed by Robert M. Little in 1975 in his paper The Irregularity Index: A quantitative score of mandibular anterior alignment.