Mar 14
Orthodontics as a faculty in dentistry began developing in the 18th and 19th century. Pierre Fauchard was a French dentist who began some serious work in the field of orthodontics. He wrote a book on dentistry where he had discussed a device called “Bandeu”. It was a horseshoe-shaped device that helped in expanding the arch and was intended also to help teeth stay in their position. It could be called the precursor to modern orthodontics. But it will be interesting to note that the Egyptians, Romans and the Etruscans did dabble with some kind of orthodontics.
