Alfred Gysi

Alfred Gysi, 1914

Alfred Gysi (born August 31, 1865 in Aarau ; † November 9, 1957 in Zurich , reformed , resident in Aarau) was a Swiss dentist .

Life

Alfred Gysi was born on August 31, 1865 in Aarau as the son of the drawing material manufacturer and photographer Arnold Gysi and Anna Henriette, née Studler. After attending the Polygymnasium and the industrial school in Aarau, he began studying dentistry at the École Dentaire in Geneva in 1883 , which he continued in 1885 at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in Philadelphia , where he received his doctorate in 1887 . In the same year Gysi returned to Switzerland and settled in Zurich. In 1889 he obtained the federal diploma in dentistry.

As a result, Gysi acted in 1895 as a co-founder of the Dental Institute of the University of Zurich , where he taught from 1906 to 1930 as a professor of dentistry. In 1939 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Alfred Gysi married Elisabetha, née Giger, from Aarau in 1949. He died on November 9, 1957 at the age of 92 in Zurich.

Act

Alfred Gysi researched the problems of lower jaw movements in relation to tooth shapes. To do this, he developed the first articulator and face bow , machines that mimicked the chewing movements of humans. This enabled him to construct individually adapted denture teeth that the patient could chew with.

In addition, Alfred Gysi wrote publications in the field of articulation and occlusion research . Alfred Gysi is counted among the most important representatives of Swiss and international scientific prosthetics in the first half of the 20th century .

Works (selection)

• Contribution to the articulation problem, 1908
• The setting up of artificial teeth in Prof. Dr. Alfred Gysis 'Simplex' three-point articulator, 1920
• Articulation, In: Handbuch der Zahnheilkunde, 1926
• The manufacture of a total prosthesis according to Prof. Gysi, 1929
• Practical Application of Research Results in Denture Construction, 1929

Honors

• For his work in dentistry, Alfred Gysi was honored with:
• 1921: Honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich
• 1925: the Marcel Benoist Prize
• 1927: an honorary doctorate from the University of Marburg

literature

• Harald Funke: Scientific work by department heads of the Dental Institute of the University of Zurich, 1995, pp. 20–55

Web links

• Guido Sigron: Gysi, Alfred. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Overview of Alfred Gysi's courses at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1895 to summer semester 1900)
• Literature by and about Alfred Gysi in the catalog of the German National Library