Georg Carabelli
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Vienna
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) was a prominent Hungarian
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dentist
Dentist
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and professor of dental surgery
Dental surgery
Dental surgery is any of a number of medical procedures that involve artificially modifying dentition, in other words surgery of the teeth and jaw bones.-Types:Some of the more common are:...
in Vienna. He held a minor noble rank, which referenced the town
of Lunkaszprie (now Luncasprie, in Bihor County
Bihor County
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Romania
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Georg Carabelli was a court dentist to the Austrian Emperor
Austrian Empire
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and co-founder of the stomatology
Stomatology
Stomatology is the branch of medicine and dentistry relating to the mouth and mouth disease. It was practiced by physicians as a medical specialty in the early 20th century in the United States but these concerns are now largely handled by dentists....
clinic at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
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. The Cusp of Carabelli
Cusp of Carabelli
The cusp of Carabelli, or Carabelli's tubercle, or tuberculum anomale of Georg Carabelli is a small additional cusp at the mesiopalatal line angle of maxillary first molars. This extra cusp is usually found on the first molar, and becomes progressively less likely in the second, third molars...
, a small additional cusp sometimes found on the mesiolingual corner of an upper molar
Molar
Molar may refer to:*Molar , the fourth kind of tooth in mammals*Molar , another name for the Spanish wine grape Listan Negro*Molar concentration, a unit of concentration, or molarity, of solutions equal to 1 mole per litre*Molar volume...
, was first illustrated in his textbook of oral anatomy, published in 1842, and later described in his handbook of dentistry, published posthumously in 1844. He wrote numerous textbooks and monographs.
Monographs
- Carabelli, Georg (1831) Geschichtliche Übersicht der Zahnheikunde, Bd I. Wien
- Carabelli, Georg (1844) Systemisches Handbuch der Zahnheilkunde. Anatomie des Mundes, V2. Braunmüller und Seidel, Wien.