Reed Holdaway (June 7, 1917 – February 28, 2009) was an American
orthodontist
Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns. It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial ...
who is known for developing the Holdaway soft tissue analysis. He was past president of the American Board of Orthodontists and Rocky Mountain Association of Orthodontists.
Life
He was born on June 7, 1917, in
Vineyard, Utah. His parents were Elmer and Mary Ellen Holdaway. He then went to primary school in the same town and attended Lincoln High School in Orem, Utah. He attended the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
for his college degree and then went to
University of Southern California Dental College in 1936 to obtain his dental degree. He eventually became interested in orthodontics and studied with
Roscoe Keedy of
Grand Junction, Colorado
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. Dr. Holdaway was a former instructor at the annual Tweed course and taught many short courses at the universities of Washington, Texas, and California. He married his wife Margaret on August 8, 1938, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were married for 71 years.
He died on February 28, 2009, at age 91. He is survived by 6 of his children, as well as 28 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.
Orthodontics
Holdaway was known for his contributions to the field of Orthodontics. He developed the holdaway lip analysis. The lip analysis, which was called H Line, was known to run from the cephalometric point Soft Tissue Pogonion to upper lip. "H" angle of Holdaway was between the Nasion-B Point (NB) line and the H line. For a normal ANB value of 2-3 degree, H angle is around 7-8 degrees.
He was also known for developing the Holdaway ratio to compare the prominence of the lower incisors compare to that of the bony chin. According to him, the distance from labial surface of mandibular incisor to the N-B line and distance from Pogonion to N-B line should be equal.
Awards and recognition
*
Albert H. Ketcham Award - 1981
* Merit award by Orthodontic Education and Research Foundation - 1972
* Rocky Mountain Association of Orthodontists - President
*
American Board of Orthodontics
American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) is a non-profit professional association for orthodontists founded in 1929.
History
The organization was first established as ''the American Board of Orthodontia'' in 1929 and later changed its name to the A ...
- President
References
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1917 births
2009 deaths
University of Utah alumni
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC alumni
American dentists
People from Utah County, Utah
20th-century dentists