This method was proposed by Dr. Burstone in 1950s. This wire was first reported in orthodontic literature by Dr. Charles Burstone. Burstone and Legan in their 1980 paper proposed a constructed horizontal line. Dr. Burstone was chairman of Indiana School of Orthodontics in 1961. In 1961 Dr. Burstone was the first to introduce the photographic occlusogram. Dr. Burstone worked with Dr. Ravindra Nanda at University of Connecticut Health Center. Dr. Burstone also believed in using low magnitude forces to achieve the desired intrusion. Burstone published his first paper in 1959 in Journal of Dental Research. Burstone created the Beta-Titanium orthodontic wire in 1980 and Chinese Niti wire in 1985.