Peter K. Thomas

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Peter K. Thomas (born June 13, 1914 ; † February 28, 1990 ) was a teacher and dentist in Los Angeles who was particularly active in performing dental procedures for Hollywood celebrities in the 1960s .

Life

Thomas graduated from the University of Southern California in 1939 . He is one of the co-founders of Gnathology . On November 18, 1975, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Ostrow School of Dentistry.

The wax-up technique according to Peter K. Thomas ("gnathological occlusion") was described as "a restoration with high artistic accuracy" and is characterized by a one-tooth-to-one-tooth relationship. Each working cusp of the posterior teeth meets the fossa of the antagonist. Three-point contacts are aimed for (tripodization). The contact points are on the cusp slopes.

literature

  • C. Przetak: [The Peter K. Thomas waxing technic]. In: The Dental Laboratory. Le Laboratoire dentaire. The Dental laboratory. Volume 22, Number 10, October 1974, pp. 983-992, PMID 4615945 .
  • Peter K. Thomas, George Tateno: The Gnathological Occlusion - The Science of Organic Occlusion . Quintessence Publishing, Germany 1982, ISBN 978-3-87652-055-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ entry in trillion Graves
  2. ^ Hall of Fame - Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC . In: Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC . ( usc.edu [accessed June 19, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Peter K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American teacher and dentist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1914
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1990