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  South African Dental Journal

  Vol. 75 No. 7 (2020)

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  Edward Angle - The father of modern Orthodontics - was a perfectionist who brought to Orthodontics the cult of the highest possible standards, and who is regarded as the father of modern Orthodontics. Born 1855, died 1930, after a life driven by commitment to seek the ultimate in treatment achievement.

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  South African Dental Journal

  Vol. 75 No. 6 (2020)

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  Professor Mervyn Shear, BDS (Rand), MDS (Oral Pathology) (Rand), FRC Path (Royal College of Pathologists), DSc (Dentistry) (Wits). Known as “the cyst man,” Mervyn was the prime mover in the establishment of Oral Pathology as a speciality in South Africa. He authored over 115 scientific papers and his “Cysts of the Oral and Maxillo-facial Regions” (fourth edition published in 2007) held central place as the favoured reference for the topic.

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  South African Dental Journal

  Vol. 75 No. 5 (2020)

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  Dr Per-Ingvar Brånemark was ultimately recognised as the “father of osseointegration”. He received the Swedish Engineering Academy medal for technical innovation and the coveted Swedish Society of Medicine Soederberg Prize in 1992. At the time of his death in 2014, he held more than thirty honorary positions at Universities through Europe and North America and had been declared the European Inventor of the Year in 2011 in the category Lifetime Achievement.

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  South African Dental Journal

  Vol. 75 No. 4 (2020)

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  Prof Bertram Cohen CBE, a South African dentist who achieved worldwide recognition for his outstanding contributions to oral pathology. Prof Bertram Cohen was the first Nuffield Research Professor at the Royal Colleges of Surgery, England. He served in the Second World War in the South African Medical Corps. A fine start to a life of service.