![]() ![]() This means Chuckie Finster and his other Rugrat friends aren’t stuck with that overbite forever. Barnum used rubber tubing cut into bands to help correct jaw alignment. The wire cribs consisted of a half-circle piece of wire placed on the teeth to keep them in alignment. Pierre Fauchard devoted an entire chapter to various methods of straightening teeth in his book, “The Surgeon Dentist.” Thirty years later, Ettienne Bourdet, published his book, “The Dentist’s Art,” devoting an entire chapter to tooth alignment and various appliances, although the headgear Tootie wears in the Facts of Life had yet to make its appearance.Ĭhristophe Francois Delabarre created the first device resembling modern braces in 1819. Early Advancements in Orthodontic Bracesĭespite these early efforts, it wasn’t until the 1700s that any real advancements occurred. Throughout time, humans used various methods to apply pressure to the teeth in an attempt to move and adjust them. During the Golden Age, the Etruscans in Greece buried their ancestors with appliances to hold their teeth and jaws in place in order to be presentable in the afterlife. Luckily, Marcia and Jan Brady never had to wrap their teeth with catgut like the early Egyptians who used a cord made from animal intestines to close the gaps. “.it’s a good thing too, otherwise the dentist in Finding Nemo would have been pulling little Darla’s teeth instead of fixing her braces.”Īrcheological findings show that humans have a long history of preoccupation with straightening the teeth and jaw. A History of Braces and 10 TV Characters Who Wore Them Well
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