Brief History about Cecil Steinner and his Contribution to Orthodontics

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Cecil C. Steiner was one of the students of Edward Angle in 1921 and a famous dentist. He was born 1896 and died 1989. He developed the famous cephalometric analysis which was availed in 1953. This analysis is called Steiner' analysis.


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"Cecil C. Steiner was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California in 1896. His father, Emil Steiner, had moved his family to California in 1904, settling in the Imperial Valley where they farmed their homestead near Brawley, California. Cecil rode a horse to a small country school of only 12 students. After graduating Brawley High School, he attended the University of California, Berkeley for his undergraduate education, commuting between Brawley and Berkeley, but this time in decidedly higher style on one of the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles."source

"Dr. Steiner obtained his dental degree from the UCSF School of Dentistry at the age of 19. Soon after, he started working in Los Angeles with a local Orthodontist named Dr. Ray Robinson. Wishing to pursue formal orthodontic education, he sought out specialty training."source

Books reportedly authored by Cecil Steiner includes the following;
1- Cephalometrics for You and me (1953)
2- Cephalometrics in Clinical Practice (1959) and so on


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Steinber was also a part time worker at his school of study. The Department's at his school library was dedicated to him in appreciation of his indelible quotas to the school.

He died at 92 in Washington. To know about Steinner and his contribution to the field of orthodontics you can check HERE

Steiner's Analysis just like Downs' assessment of cephalometry comprises Skeletal, Dental and Soft Tissue Analysis.

In summary as regards Steinners analysis, the skeletal parameters disscuses correspondence relating factors between the upper and lower with respect to the skull and to each other as well. The dental parameters or components talks about the incisor anteriors in both arches their relationships to each other and to their respective jaws and the soft tissue parameter tries to make simpler the lower facial profile and their variability with prognathism and retrognathism.


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