Walter Hess (dentist)

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Walter Hess around 1914

Walter Hess (born November 9, 1885 in Amriswil , Arbon district , canton Thurgau ; † July 6, 1980 in Mammern , Frauenfeld district , canton Thurgau), authorized to reside in Amriswil, was a Swiss dentist , university professor and long-time editor of the Swiss monthly journal for dentistry .

Life

Walter Hess, the son of the businessman Friedrich Hess and his wife Anna née Müller, began an apprenticeship as a dental technician before taking the federal high school diploma in 1904 . He then turned to studying dentistry at the University of Zurich , where he passed the state examination in dentistry in 1908. He then worked for three years as a scientific assistant at the local dental institute, during which time he studied medicine and in 1911 earned the academic degree of Dr. with a dissertation on commercial intoxication. med. After further training between 1911 and 1913 abroad (Marseille and London), he took on a teaching position for conservative dentistry in Zurich in 1913, replacing the sick Prof. Machwürth at the then new institute on Zürichbergstrasse. In 1917 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in the field of conservative dentistry, in the same year he was appointed professor for operative dentistry, in 1929 he was promoted to associate professor , and in 1953 he retired . Between 1918 and 1965 he headed the Swiss Monthly Journal for Dentistry for 47 years , a task that André Schroeder took over afterwards .

When he warned in a lecture on the occasion of the scientific conference of the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine in Wiesbaden in 1949 against the hasty introduction of drinking water fluoridation , "to prevent science from being discredited through hasty mass experiments", he was heavily criticized by Walter Drum because the "weight of his authority could inhibit promising caries prophylactic efforts in Germany."

Walter Hess, one of the leading Swiss dentists in the first half of the 20th century , was appointed a member of the Leopoldina in 1933. In addition, Hess held numerous honorary memberships in European and non-European stomatological societies.

Walter Hess married Hermine nee Schäublin in 1917. He died in 1980 at the age of 95 during a spa stay in Mammern.

Publications

  • Experiences with commercial intoxications and their relationship to the Swiss Factory Liability Act, dissertation , Gebr. Leemann & Co., Zurich, 1911
  • On the anatomy of the root canals of the human dentition, taking into account the finer branches on the apical foramen , habilitation thesis , Buchdruckereiberichthaus, Zurich, 1917
  • With Giovanni Ambrosius Stoppany, Alfred Gysi : Festschrift to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Dental University Institute Zurich, 1896-1921, Buchdruckerei Reporthaus, Zurich, 1921
  • The Pulpaamputation as an independent root treatment, in: German dentistry, Heft, 66, Thieme, Leipzig, 1925
  • With Otto Walkhoff : Walkhoff's textbook on conservative dentistry, H. Meusser, Berlin, 1931
  • Errors in Dentistry ?, Zurich, 1948

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Alban, L. Castagnola: Prof. Dr. med. Walter Hess. November 9, 1885 - July 6, 1980. Switzerland. Monthly for dentistry 90: 8 (1980) 770
  2. ↑ W. Hess: The ability to influence hard tooth substances in an exogenous way . IN: Genesis and prophylaxis of tooth decay. Scientific conference of the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine on July 28th to 31st, 1949 in Wiesbaden. First part. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1950, p. 89
  3. ↑ W. Drum: On the presentation by Hess at the 10th German Dental Conference on fluoride prophylaxis. Dental Rundschau 58: No. 17 (1949) 324; See also the report on the scientific lectures at the 10th German Dental Conference in Wiesbaden. Dental Rundschau 58: No. 17 (1949) 319

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SURNAME Hess, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss dentist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Amriswil , Arbon District , Canton Thurgau
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1980
Place of death Mammern , Frauenfeld district , Canton Thurgau