Professor. Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói (RJ), Brazil.
J Hist Dent. 2022 Summer/Fall;70(2):128-132.
At the beginning of the 20 century science was beginning to transform the world, including Brazil. All aspects of dentistry were considered essential to the welfare of the people and that may also have included orthodontics. It is possible then to assume that the manufacturing of some orthodontic appliances was already being taught in the educational courses. However, the lack of didactic orthodontic texts in Portuguese was a problem, when considering literature as one of the pillars that would support advancements in the science and practice of orthodontics. This difficulty, however, was solved in 1910, when the third edition of the Odontological Manual by Coelho e Souza was published including a chapter on orthodontics. Some years later Carlos Lustosa became interested in this subject after reading the paper by Angle that presented the ribbon arch appliance. He went to Pasadena (CA) and convinced Angle to accept him as a student. In 1923 he completed the course at the Angle School of Orthodontia, becoming the first Brazilian specialist in orthodontics. He treated patients with the ribbon arch until his death in 1937. However, did his search for knowledge outside the country influence the course of Brazilian orthodontics?
20 世纪初，科学开始改变世界，包括巴西。人们认为牙科的各个方面都对民众的福祉至关重要，这其中可能也包括正畸学。因此，可以假设一些正畸器械的制造已经在教育课程中教授了。然而，由于缺乏葡萄牙语的正畸学教材，这成为了一个问题，因为文献是支持正畸学科学和实践发展的基石之一。然而，这个困难在 1910 年得到了解决，当时科埃略和索萨（Coelho e Souza）的《牙科学手册》第三版出版，其中包括一章关于正畸学的内容。几年后，卡洛斯·卢斯托萨（Carlos Lustosa）在阅读了 Angle 发表的关于带状弓矫治器的论文后，对这个主题产生了兴趣。他前往加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳（Pasadena），并说服 Angle 接受他为学生。1923 年，他在 Angle 正畸学院完成了课程，成为巴西的第一位正畸学专家。他使用带状弓矫治器治疗患者，直到 1937 年去世。然而，他在国外寻求知识是否影响了巴西正畸学的发展？
