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Edward H. Angle and the motives behind his school of orthodontia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20491371     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Despite the century that has passed since Dr. Edward Hartley Angle (1855-1930) launched a new dental specialty, his personal vision of why he believed orthodontics needed to separate from dentistry has remained somewhat obscure. This study seeks to provide more clarity to this question. Angle followed a very distinct pattern of secession or separation throughout his life, a pattern which ended up benefitting the orthodontic specialty's elevation as an independent and advanced science within dentistry. Even so, it was ultimately those things he disliked about the academic community, the very community within which dentistry flourished, that finally moved him to force the issue by separating himself from that community. The separation of orthodontics from dentistry provided a singular environment in which orthodontics could bear fruit that the average patient could benefit from, thus providing the groundwork for accelerated orthodontic developments.
Authors:
V Wallace McCarlie
Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the history of dentistry     Volume:  58     ISSN:  1089-6287     ISO Abbreviation:  J Hist Dent     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-24     Completed Date:  2010-06-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9609747     Medline TA:  J Hist Dent     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  48-55     Citation Subset:  D; Q    
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, 1121 W. Michigan Street, Room 266, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5186, USA. vwmccarl@iupui.edu
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Orthodontics / history*
Schools, Dental / history*
Specialties, Dental / history
United States
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Edward Hartley Angle

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