Johann Pichler (dentist)

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Johann Pichler , also Hans Pichler , (born January 9, 1877 in Vienna ; † February 3, 1949 ibid) was an Austrian dentist and oral surgeon .

Life

Johann Pichler, born in 1877 as the son of a dentist, studied after visiting the Schottengymnasiums in Vienna from 1894 medicine at the Universities of Prague , Freiburg and Vienna , where he in 1900 to Dr. med. PhD. Pichler then worked with the doctors Emil Zuckerkandl , Josef Scholz and Anton Eiselsberg and received his dental training with Ernst Smreker in Vienna and Greene Vardiman Black at the Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago . In 1903 Pichler opened a dental practice in Vienna and developed a lively consulting activity for jaw fractures and jaw resections at the I. Surgical Clinic . In 1914 Pichler took over the management of the newly created jaw ward at the 1st surgical clinic in Vienna. In 1919 he was made an unpaid associate professor and lectured on oral surgery, orthodontics and conservative dentistry . 1928 supplierte he headed the dental university institute and set up a mandatory two-year course of dental education. In 1930 Pichler was appointed full professor of pathology of the chewing organs and head of the dental university institute. In 1945 he was removed from this position and retired a year later. Pichler's grave, which was set up for the duration of the cemetery, is located in the Grinzing cemetery (group 6, row 2, no. 3).

Act

In his scientific work, Pichler, who is one of the founders of maxillofacial surgery, discussed oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental training, cleft lip, jaw and palate , trigeminal neuralgia , upper and lower jaw resections , orthopedic jaw operations and conservative dentistry. In 1936 Pichler acted as President of the IX. International Dental Congress in Vienna.

Pichler's patients also included the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud , whose ultimately fatal palatal cancer he operated on more than 30 times between 1923 and 1936.

Fonts

  • Textbook of cavity preparation according to the principles of Greene Vardiman Black. 1929. 2nd edition 1949.
  • with Richard Trauner: Oral and maxillofacial surgery. 2 volumes (= books for dental practice 11–12) 1940. 3rd edition 1948.
  • Filling the teeth. 1948.
  • Editing of Greene Vardiman Black: Conservative Dentistry. 2 volumes 1914, reprint 1922.
  • Handbook of Dentistry. Founded by Julius Scheff. 6 volumes. 4th edition. 1922-1931.

Sources and individual references

  • The press . February 12, 1949.
  • Hermann Wolf: Professor Dr. univ. med. Hans Pichler. In: Dental communications. 1949, p. 13f.
  • Hermann Wolf: Farewell to Hans Pichler. In: German dental journal. 1949, pp. 185ff.
  • Solemn inauguration. 1949/1950
  • Grete Mecenseffy: Protestant teacher at the University of Vienna. 1967-
  • S. Wunderer:  Pichler, Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 55.
  1. ^ Peter Gay: Freud. New edition by S. Fischer 2006, ISBN 3-596-17170-9 , pp. 479-80

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personal data
SURNAME Pichler, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pichler, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dentist and oral surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1949
Place of death Vienna