Treatment of malocclusion of the teeth : Angle's system.

  • Angle, Edward H. (Edward Hartley), 1855-1930.
Date:
1907
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    the denture as a whole and the art requirements of the individual type; of the influence of the malocclusion in arresting or modifying the development of the alveolar process, jaws, and muscles, and in disturbing the normal balance of the face. We must consider the numerous changes which may follow the movement of teeth into cor- rect positions, with the restoration of the natural func- tions of the occlusal planes, and the assistance the changes will lend to Nature as they stimulate her to efforts for the continuation of normal growth and development of all the related parts, that they may be in best harmony with each other in their new relations—in best harmony with Nature's plan. In many cases there can be no intelligent diagnosis or plan of treatment unless the probable changes through subsequent growth be fully considered. The real growth of dentistry is of comparatively recent years, and along branches having little in common with orthodontia, so that this branch received little attention until within the last half-century, and it is probable that more real interest has been awakened and more real ad- vancement made in the last twenty years, and especially in the last six, than in its entire previous history. Much has been written upon the subject of orthodontia, but mostly from the mechanical standpoint, and only very recently has it begun to receive that broad and thorough study which a science of such great importance demands, for its basic principles are grounded in the mysteries of embryology, histology and comparative anatomy, Imked with art and physics. It has rapidly passed through marked evolutionary stages until it is now recognized as a distinct science, the