Oskar Bock

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Oskar Julius Bock (born July 5, 1915 in Nuremberg , † September 28, 1979 in the London Borough of Hillingdon ) was a German dentist and university professor, who played a stressful role during National Socialism .

Life

Oskar Bock came from a dentist dynasty: he was the son of Julius Georg Bock (1878–1955), associate professor for dentistry in Erlangen and Frida Bock, née. Koeber. After 1945, Julius Georg Bock played a key role in the reconstruction of the Erlangen University Dental Clinic. In 1950, after the Second World War, he found a suitable apartment for a new practice. Oskar Bock was also the nephew of the dentist Eduard Julius Bock (1875–1913), the grandson of the dentist Georg Jakob Bock (1846–1921), who appeared as a pioneer of gold filling and as the founder of the “Association of Bavarian Dentists”, and the dentist's great-grandson Eduard August Moritz Bock (1812–1878). Oskar attended the Realgymnasium in Friedrichshafen until 1935 and then the humanistic grammar school in Nuremberg. From the summer semester of 1937 he studied medicine and dentistry at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , University of Vienna and Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . On September 1, 1941, he passed his medical state examination and received his license to practice medicine in Würzburg. A day later he received his doctorate as Dr. med. After the Second World War , he continued studying dentistry in Erlangen from the winter semester 1949/50 to the winter semester 1950/51, where he passed his state examination in dentistry on April 28, 1951 and received his license to practice medicine. On December 5, 1952, he received his doctorate. med. dent. On November 27, 1958, he completed his habilitation for dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine in Erlangen. He had been married to Elisabeth, nee Haggenmiller, who had two children since 1942. His second marriage was to Ingeborg Goldmann. He died during a stay abroad in the Borough of Hillingdon in London.

Relationship to National Socialism

Oskar Bock joined the NSDAP when he started his studies (admission May 1, 1937; membership number 5,403,028). He was also a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). He was a troop doctor on the Eastern Front and was taken prisoner by the Soviets , which lasted until around 1949.

Scientific career

On September 1, 1952, he became an assistant in his father Julius Georg Bock's dental practice in Nuremberg, which he took over on October 1, 1952. In May 1953 he became a scheduled scientific assistant at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dental, Oral and Jaw Diseases in Erlangen and, in 1957, Deputy Head of the Department of Dental Conservation. In 1958 he was promoted to senior physician. In 1959 he completed his habilitation in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine and became a private lecturer in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine and deputy head of the surgical department, and two years later as a senior assistant and two years later as a conservator. 1964 enabled him Gerhard Steinhardt the establishment and management of a special department for functional diagnostics called "Department of functional Gebißanalyse" - the first department of its kind in Germany. In 1965 he received an unscheduled professorship , a year later he became head of the department. In many ways Oskar Bock was a pioneer for modern functional theory in Germany and a mentor to many colleagues when they “discovered” this subject.

Memberships

Honor

In honor of his memory, the DGFDT has been awarding the “Oskar Bock Medal” since 2009 to colleagues who have made a special contribution to society and the promotion of functional diagnostics in Germany. In connection with the coming to terms with the National Socialist past of the dental profession, however, the “Oskar Bock Medal” was renamed “DGFDT Medal of Honor” in 2020.

Publications (selection)

  • Dens in dente or odontoma in a tooth crown ?, Stoma 7 (1954), pp. 166-174;
  • Granuloma sarcomatodes. A contribution to the clinic and pathology, Stoma 8 (1955), pp. 5-20;
  • Resorption on a retained upper canine tooth, DZZ 10 (1955), pp. 544-548;
  • Über die Innervation des Dentin, DZZ 15 (1960), pp. 838-848 (also Habil.schr. Erlangen 1959);
  • The preoperative adjustment of the occlusion in the event of changes in the lower jaw position due to osteotomy, DZZ 23 (1968), pp. 1401f.
  • with W. Winzenburg: Occlusion and articulation, Quintessence Int. 1: 79-83 (1970); Preoperative occlusal adjustment in prognathism, Quintessence Int. 3 (1972), pp. 67-72

literature

  • Dominik Groß : Dentists in the “Third Reich” and in post-war Germany. A dictionary of persons. Stuttgart 2020 (in press)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renate Wittern, The Professors and Lecturers of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Erlanger Research, Volume 9, S. Erlangen 1999. ISBN 3-922135-92-7
  2. ↑ Federal Archives R 9361-VIII / 2910049
  3. ↑ Federal Archives R 9361-IX / 3370295
  4. ↑ Prof. Dr. Dr. Oskar Bock (1915–1979) - founder of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy , Journal for Craniomandibular Function 2017; 9 (Supplement 2), Quintessenz Verlag, Berlin, pp. 7–10
  5. ↑ Oskar Bock Medal awarded to ZA Heinz Mack , Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2018 p. 73 (1), Deutscher Ärzteverlag. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ honorary members, laureates , DGFDT. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. ↑ Statement by Prof. Dr. Roland Frankenberger, President of the DGZMK, on ​​the occasion of the PK "Dentistry and Dentists under National Socialism" , DGZMK, November 28, 2019. Accessed on May 4, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bock, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bock, Oskar Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, dentist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1979
Place of death London Borough of Hillingdon