William B. Downs

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William B. Downs (1899–January 13, 1966) was an American orthodontist who is known for developing the first cephalometric analysis for orthodontics, the Downs analysis.[1][2]

Life

He was born in 1899 in

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. He received his dental degree in 1926. He became a professor in the Crown and Bridge Department of the dental school at UIC for the next four years. He then enrolled himself in the first class of graduate orthodontics at the dental school and graduated with a master's degree in 1931.[3]

Career

He then taught orthodontics at the UIC College of Dentistry until 1955.[3] Dr. Downs was interested in facial growth and development throughout his career. He worked on the "Cephalometric Appraisal of Treated Result and Variations in Facial Relationships: Their Significance in Treatment and Prognosis. This paper won him first prize from the American Association of Orthodontists in 1948, and it led to the first cephalometric analysis in the field of orthodontics. Dr. Downs developed what is called Downs Cephalometric Analysis, which assesses facial growth and development through the analysis of a Cephalometric Radiographic Image.[1]

He was a member of the Chicago Association of Orthodontists and Tweed Foundation, and an officer of the Midwestern Component of the Edward Angle Society of Orthodontia.[3]

Dr. Downs retired in 1965 due to ill health. The UIC College of Dentistry's William Benham Downs Fund is used to support visits of lecturers in the college's Department of Orthodontics Forum Series.[3]

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References

  1. ^
    PMID 1103660
    . Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. PMID 5326072
    . Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Celebrating A Proud Past: Centennial of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. Chicago, Illinois: UIC College of Dentistry Press, 2013, p. 90.
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