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The British Orthodontic Society (BOS) is a medical association for orthodontists in England. It publishes the Journal of Orthodontics . [ 1 ] The British Orthodontic society represents all orthodontists and dentists carrying out orthodontics across the UK.
1892: The Women's Dental Association of the U.S. was founded in 1892 by Mary Stillwell-Kuesel with 12 charter members. [24] 1893: Caroline Louise Josephine Wells became the first woman to graduate from the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, which made her the first Canadian woman to graduate from any dental school. [25] [26]
John Mew (born in 1928) [1] is a British orthodontist.He is the founder of orthotropics and mewing. [2] Orthotropics is a form of oral posture training that claims to guide facial growth and is not supported by mainstream orthodontists.
Orthodontics [a] [b] is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, as well as misaligned bite patterns. [2] It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial orthopedics .
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Other innovations in orthodontics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries included the first textbook on orthodontics for children, published by J.J. Guilford in 1889, and the use of rubber elastics, pioneered by Calvin S. Case, along with Henry Albert Baker. Today, space age wires (also known as dental arch wires) are used to tighten braces.
Dr. William J. Clark is a Scottish orthodontist known for developing Twin Block Appliance in Orthodontics. This appliance was developed by Dr. Clark in 1977 in Scotland and since then this appliance has been used in correction of Class 2 malocclusions with retrognathic mandible. He also developed invisible TransForce Appliance in 2004.
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