Orthodontics is the treatment of irregularities in the teeth and jaws, focusing specifically on alignment and occlusion, with the use of braces or fixed dental appliances. Dental braces were originally created to help with the position of teeth in regards to a person's bite, as well as they were created to straighten the teeth. Braces can be helpful in correcting underbites, malocclusions, overbites, open bites, deep bites, cross bites, crooked teeth, as well as other issues with the teeth and jaw. However, it is unknown as to when braces first originated, records show that in 1819 Delabarre created the “wire crib,” introducing contemporary orthodontics. Since then, braces and orthodontic techniques have evolved and modernized as physicians
