Adolf Zsigmondy
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Adolf Zsigmondy, aka Adolph Zsigmondy (April 24, 1816, Pozsony , Kingdom of Hungary
- June 23, 1880) was a dentist
of Hungarian
origin who lived in Vienna
. It was he who conceived the idea of charting teeth on the Zsigmondy-cross (called after him). This is the basis of the presently used marking method recommended by the FDI
.
He was also the first to describe the contact and wear of the approximal side of the teeth. He continued to develop the cohesive gold fillings.
His son, Ottó Zsigmondy was also a dentist. His more limited professional field of research was the preserving dentistry. He used sodium-superoxide for widening the root canal
and he made permanent fillings of black hard gutta percha. On the basis of observations carried out on himself he described the two-phase or temporal mastication called after him. He was also much engaged with professional politics, in his publications he strove for recognition of dentistry as an organic part of medical science.
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
- June 23, 1880) was a dentist
Dentist
A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services...
of Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
origin who lived in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. It was he who conceived the idea of charting teeth on the Zsigmondy-cross (called after him). This is the basis of the presently used marking method recommended by the FDI
FDI World Dental Federation
The FDI World Dental Federation, established in Paris in 1900 as the Fédération dentaire internationale, is the world's leading organization representing the dental profession...
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He was also the first to describe the contact and wear of the approximal side of the teeth. He continued to develop the cohesive gold fillings.
His son, Ottó Zsigmondy was also a dentist. His more limited professional field of research was the preserving dentistry. He used sodium-superoxide for widening the root canal
Root canal
A root canal is the space within the root of a tooth. It is part of a naturally occurring space within a tooth that consists of the pulp chamber , the main canal, and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.-Root canal anatomy:...
and he made permanent fillings of black hard gutta percha. On the basis of observations carried out on himself he described the two-phase or temporal mastication called after him. He was also much engaged with professional politics, in his publications he strove for recognition of dentistry as an organic part of medical science.