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Rev Belge Med Dent. 1977;32(3):303-8.
In the eightteenth century (by Fauchard) and orthopaedics (by H. Van Deventer, a Dutch surgeon) have been founded independently as practcal sciences without the faculties of medicine. The famous book of Andry, "L'orthopédie", also translated in English (1743), has not been written for the medical profession. It deals only with "such means as may easily be put in practice by Parents themselves, and all such as are employed in Educating children". Nevertheless it states precisely the name of the speciality and defines some ethical, aesthetical and physiological principles also applicable to orthodontics. This is also the case for H. Van Deventer, who was the first to take plaster casts before, during and after treatment.
18世纪时，牙科学（由福查德创立）和矫形外科学（由荷兰外科医生H. 范德文特创立）在没有医学系的情况下独立成为实用科学。安德里著名的《矫形术》一书（1743年也有英文译本）并非为医学专业人士所写。它只涉及“父母自己可以轻易付诸实践的方法，以及所有用于教育孩子的方法”。然而，它精确地给出了这个专业的名称，并定义了一些也适用于正畸学的伦理、美学和生理学原则。H. 范德文特也是如此，他是第一个在治疗前、治疗期间和治疗后取石膏模型的人。
