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

  • Angle, Edward H. (Edward Hartley), 1855-1930.
Date:
1907
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    him to succeed in its practice as a specialty. In fact, so exacting are its requirements, that, unlike the general prac- tice of dentistry, the mere smatterer can never hope for even moderate success, for often apparently very simple cases of malocclusion are in reality only symptoms of con- ditions whose management requires the broadest knowl- edge and mature judgment. Orthodontia is a subject so great, so important, with such possibilities and rewards, that it is ample in itself for the life work of the best minds. For years it has been the author's firm conviction that it should be classed as a distinct specialty—taught and practiced as such; that it should be freed from the handicapping influences of gen- eral dentistry and given an opportunity to develop normally along lines which are so distinctively its own,— lines which define it as a specialty as clearly as do those that define the specialty of ophthalmology, and more clearly than those that define the specialty of rhinology.* And it is gratifying to note that it is at last rapidly takmg its place among the great specialties of medicine as its importance demands. At the time of the publication of the last edition of this work there were but two or three at most who could be regarded as specialists in orthodontia. At this writing there are over sixty giving their exclusive attention to this branch and limiting their practice to it. One school has been established for its exclusive teaching, and two societies formed for the promotion of its interests, with an unusual number of articles appearing in the literature m Angle. Denial Revieic, March, 1896.