Moriz Heider

Moriz Heider (June 21, 1816, Vienna - July 29, 1866, Vienna) was an Austrian dentist who was born in Vienna.

He studied medicine in Vienna, where he was an assistant to Georg Carabelli (1787-1842). In 1858 he became an associate professor at the University of Vienna.

Heider was a pioneer of modern dentistry, and is remembered for introducing electrosurgery (Galvanokaustik) into dentistry. He is also credited for being the first dentist in German-speaking countries to use a procedure called Goldhämmerfüllungen, a technique used for installing gold fillings.

In 1861 he founded the Vereins österreichischer Zahnärzte (Austrian Association of Dentists), which today is known as the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde or ÖGZMK (Austrian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). With histopathologist Carl Wedl (1815-1891}, he was co-author of the highly regarded Atlas zur Pathologie der Zähne, which was later translated into English and published as "Atlas to the Pathology of the Teeth". After Heider's death in 1866, his pioneer work in dentistry was continued by his colleague Adolf Zsigmondy (1816-1880).

References

• [1] translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

See also: Heider

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Name	Heider, Moriz
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Date of birth	June 21, 1816
Place of birth	Vienna
Date of death	July 29, 1866
Place of death	Vienna

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