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Fun Facts About Braces and Orthdontics 1 The first braces were constructed by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. Fauchard's braces consisted of a flat strip of metal, which was connected to teeth by pieces of thread.  Bands were invented by Schange in 1841. The first bands consisted of an strip of metal, with a screw to adjust their size.
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Who Was Murphy and Why Is There a Bed Named After Him? Murphy’s innovation was at the bed’s point of folding. Using an old closet doorjamb and some door hinges, he built a pivot that allowed the bed to attach to a wall and fold up against it for easy storage. The son of a gold-seeking 49er, Murphy worked a few different jobs around California before he came up with his invention.
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Eyeglasses Inventors - Who Invented Glasses? The modern style of eyeglasses frame, which could be placed over the ears and nose, was invented in 1727 by British optician Edward Scarlett. American scientist and philosopher Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of bifocals, dividing his lenses for distant and near vision.
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- Braces have three basic parts: 1) Brackets – brackets that are attached to each tooth. 2) Bonding or band – the material that attaches the bracket to the tooth. 3) Arch Wire – a thin metal wire that runs from bracket to bracket. Braces have come a long way from the “train track” look of years ago. Today, many orthodontic patients can get braces that attach to the backs of the teeth, or use transparent brackets.
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- William Howe (architect) William Howe (May 12, 1803 – September 9, 1852) was an American architect and bridge builder famous for patenting the Howe truss design for bridges in 1840. William Howe was born on May 12, 1803, in Spencer, Massachusetts, to Elijah and Fanny (née Bemis) Howe. His father owned a sawmill, He was a hard-working child, and learned carpentry and construction at an early age.
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Alligator clip was invented by electrical engineer Ralph S. Mueller: Greater Cleveland Innovations Plain Dealer fileThe copper clips at each end of the jumper cable were invented by Cleveland electrical engineer Ralph S. Mueller more than a century ago. This story is part of a mid-summer series about lesser-known inventions, ideas and innovations that originated in Northeast Ohio.
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George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
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Dental braces Traditional metal braces are the most common type of braces. These braces have a metal bracket with elastic (rubber band) ties holding the wire onto the metal brackets. The second-most common type of braces are self-ligating braces that do not require elastic ties. Instead, the wire goes through the bracket.
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- He noticed that if he didn't wear his retainer for a few days, his teeth shifted slightly -- but the plastic retainer soon moved his teeth back the desired position. In 1997, he and Wirth applied 3-D computer imaging graphics to the field of orthodontics and created Align Technologies and the Invisalign method.
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History of Ironing Boards In 1858 W. Vandenburg patented what he called the ironing table and about three years later Isaac Ronnie Bord of Georgetown, Delaware, took out a patent for an adjustable flat horizontal surface for the pressing of undergarments, garments and bed linen.
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Andrew Jackson Beard Andrew Beard’s invention, which was improved in 1899, is the forerunner of today’s automatic coupler. Unfortunately, Beard’s life, after 1897, is a virtual mystery. He died in 1921 yet no record has been found of where it happened.
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Dental braces In the early 20th century, Edward Angle devised the first simple classification system for malocclusions, such as Class I, Class II, and so on. His classification system is still used today as a way for dentists to describe how crooked teeth are, what way teeth are pointing, and how teeth fit together.
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Complete guide to bottom brackets Modern threaded bottom brackets aren't exactly a new invention. In fact, their roots date back more than two decades to Craig Edwards' old Sweet Wings cranks and Alex Pong's groundbreaking Magic Motorcycle. The idea is simple: by moving the bearings outboard of the shell, you can then use a much larger spindle.
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Parenthetical Habits: On the use and overuse of parentheses and brackets Parenthetical Habits: On the use and overuse of parentheses and brackets. In 1680, an anonymous “well-wisher to the attainments of children” wrote A Treatise of Stops, Points, or Pauses. At only 19 pages, this punctuation guide is a slight affair. We’ve come a long way, no doubt.
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Robert Kearns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other people named Robert Kearns, see Robert Kearns (disambiguation) . Robert William Kearns (March 10, 1927 – February 9, 2005) was an American inventor who invented the intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present.
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- The strong background in patient care using medical biomechanical principles and materials gives these professionals the skills to manage infants with positional plagiocephaly. Orthotists have been fitting braces including cranial helmets for over 100 years in the United States.
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Who invented brackets? Making the world better, one answer at a time. It is not known who invented brackets but the earliest use dates back to 1608 by Christopher Clavius and Albert Girard in 1629. The brackets were especially used to indicate grouping or aggregation. It is not known who invented brackets but the earliest use dates back to 1608 by Christopher Clavius and Albert Girard in 1629.
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Binder Clip 1 It is believed that binder clips were originally invented by American Louis E Baltzley, for his father who was a writer, in USA’s Washington D.C. in 1910, and he received a patent for the invention in 1915.
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Bracket For other uses, see ( ) (disambiguation). A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. The matched pair may be described as opening and closing, or left and right symbols. Forms include round (also called parentheses), square, curly (also called braces), and angle brackets; and various other pairs of symbols.
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History of Braces In the case of the Etruscans, bands were put on mummies to ensure that their teeth would be preserved in the afterlife! The materials used for orthodonture were very different in ancient times. Instead of metal brackets, some ancient societies used cords made out of catgut, a fiber found in intestines.
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Dental braces Other innovations in orthodontics in the late 1800s and early 1900s included the first textbook on orthodontics for students, published by J.J. Guilford in 1889, and the use of rubber elastics, pioneered by Calvin S. Case (some believe it was H. A. Baker).
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What Are the Different Types of Braces, and Which Is Right for Me? The archwires are connected to the brackets using tiny elastics known as ligatures or o-rings, which your orthodontist will change each time he tightens the braces. Some types of braces have brackets that don't need o-rings, and these are called self-ligating braces. Ceramic Braces.
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Dentistry 500-300 BC. Hippocrates and Aristotle write about dentistry, including the eruption pattern of teeth, treating decayed teeth and gum disease, extracting teeth with forceps, and using wires to stabilize loose teeth and fractured jaws.redited with making orthodontics into a dental specialty, Angle also establishes the first school of orthodontics (Angle School of Orthodontia in St. Louis, 1900), the first orthodontic society (American Society of Orthodontia, 1901), and the first dental specialty journal (American Orthodontist, 1907).
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Braces & Invisalign in Scottsdale, AZ bracket An orthodontic attachment that is secured to a tooth (either by bonding or banding) for the purpose of engaging an archwire. Brackets can be fabricated from metal, ceramic or plastic. ceramic brackets
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With So Many Types of Braces, Which is Best for You? Your orthodontist will help you make the best choice for your scenario, but here are the basics of each type. 1  Traditional metal braces are made of the stainless steel brackets and wires that inspired the term “metal mouth” years ago. Fortunately today’s metal braces are noticeably smaller.
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Who Invented the CPAP Machine? Who Invented the CPAP Machine? Dr. Lydia Sosenko, founder of Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, meets the inventor of the CPAP machine. In June, Dr. Lydia Sosenko traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to attend the American Association of Dental Sleep Medicine’s 20th Annual Meeting. While at the meeting, Dr. Sosenko was delighted to be introduced to Dr. Colin Sullivan MD,Phd FRACP, the keynote speaker, and the inventor of the CPAP (continuous positive air-pressure) Machine.