Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

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.

Publication Details

New York: J. A. Fraetas, 1841 CE.

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

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Entry Number	#12867
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15114
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External URL	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

Publication place: New York