1778 HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793)

A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth, intended as a supplement to the natural history of those parts.

This and Hunter's The natural history of the human teeth (No. 3675) revolutionized the practice of dentistry and provided a basis for later dental research. Hunter devised appliances for the correction of malocclusion…

GMN 3676 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5505

1803 FOX, Joseph (1775 – 1816)

The natural history of the human teeth

Fox’s classic treatise on the teeth is the first to include explicit directions for correcting dental irregularities. It is the first work on orthodontics.

GMN 3679 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5549

1815 DELABARRE, Christophe François (1777 – 1862)

Odontologie, ou observations sur les dents humaines, suivies de quelques idées nouvelles sur le mécanisme des dentier artificielles.

Delabarre was one of the first to systematize occlusal anomalies through description and illustration of individual kinds. He also developed some of the earliest orthodontic appliances using bands.

GMN 3679.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5561

1836 KNEISEL, Friedrich Christoph (1797 – 1883)

Der Schiefstand der Zähne.

The first specialized orthodontic work in German, on anomalous positions of the teeth. A French translation was issued simultaneously by the same publisher.

GMN 3679.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5619

1841 LEFOULON, Pierre-Joachim (1800 – )

Nouveau traité théorique et pratique de l'art du dentiste.

Lefoulon introduced the term "orthodontia" in this book, and went into more detail and recorded more notable advances in the practice of orthodontics than any of his predecessors. "Lefoulon introduced treatment withou…

GMN 6875 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9039

1841 BROWN, Solyman (1790 – 1876)

Essay on the importance of regulating the teeth of children before the fourteenth year, or the period of life when the second set of teeth become perfectly developed.

This 11-page pamphlet was the first American work on orthodontics.

GMN 12867 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15114

1841 LINTOTT, William

On the structure, economy, and pathology of the human teeth, with careful instructions for their preservation and culture: And concise descriptions of the best modes of surgical treatment; equally adapted to the uses of the medical practitioner, the student in medicine, and the public.

The author described himself as "Surgeon. Surgical and Mechanical Dentist." Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 12926 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15173

1858 GAINE, Charles

On certain irregularities of the teeth with cases illustrative of a novel method of successful treatment.

First work devoted exclusively to irregularities of the teeth.

GMN 3684 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5665

1877 MAGITOT, Émile (1833 – 1897)

Traité des anomalies du système dentaire chez l'homme et les mammifères. Avec un atlas de 20 planches dessinées et gravées par C. Nicolet.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 12920 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15167

1880 KINGSLEY, Norman William (1829 – 1913)

A treatise on oral deformities.

First "scientific" treatment of irregularities of the teeth. Kingsley made the first attempt at systematizing the treatment of occlusal abnormalities

GMN 3685.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5688

1887 ANGLE, Edward Hartley (1855 – 1930)

Notes on orthodontia, with a new system of regulation and retention.

The specialty of orthodontics received a new impetus with the work of Angle. He organized and classified the various abnormalities of the teeth and jaws and devised many methods of treating them. Through a series of b…

GMN 3686 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5692

1887 ANGLE, Edward Hartley (1855 – 1930); HASKELL, Loomis P.

The student's manual and handbook for the dental laboratory. To which is appended Dr. E.H. Angle's system of appliances for correcting irregularities.

Angle's chapter, "The Angle system of regulation and retention of teeth," represented the first edition of what was later separately published as Angle's textbook on orthodontics with the same title. This chapter reap…

GMN 9551 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11737

1904 JACKSON, Victor Hugo (1850 – 1929)

Orthodontia and orthopaedia of the face. With seven hundred and sixty original illustrations.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 12904 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15151

1926 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)

Orthodontics; an historical review of its origin and evolution, including an extensive bibliography of orthodontic literature up to the time of specialization. 2 vols.

GMN 3699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5764

1971 SHANKLAND, William Morse

The American Association of Orthodontists: The biography of a specialty organization.

GMN 14193 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16509

1997 GYSEL, Carlos

Histoire de l'orthodontie.

GMN 12849 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15096

2013 PHULARI, Basavaraj Subhaschandra

History of orthodontics.

This history covers 19th century and earlier developments but emphasizes 20th century material including "History of dental lasers and their applications in orthodontics," "History of of Invisalign," etc.

GMN 12927 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15174