1879 WITZEL, Adolf (1847 – 1906)

Die antiseptische Behandlung der Pulpakrankheiten des Zahnes. Mit Beiträgen sur Lehre von den Neubildungen in der Paulpa.

Witzel used histological methods to analyze pulp diseases, and applied antiseptic principles to their treatment. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 3685.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5683

1925 ZÜRCHER, Ernst; HESS, Walter (1885 – 1980)

The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the permanent dentition. By Walter Hess. [with] The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the deciduous dentition and of the first permanent molars

GMN 12935 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15182

1931 WALKHOFF, Friedrich Otto (1860 – 1934)

Das Problem der dentalen Fokalinfektion und ihre Bekämpfung durch die konservierende Zahnheilkunde.

With physicist Fritz Giesel, Walkhoff on December 28, 1895 Walkhoff did the first dental radiograph on his own teeth. Later, Walkhoff was "responsible for the shift to an everyday use of camphorated chlorophenol to st…

GMN 12985 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15233

1940 GROSSMAN, Louis Irwin (1901 – 1988)

Root canal therapy.

GMN 12933 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15180

1965 SELZER, Samuel (1914 – ); BENDER, Israel B. (1905 – 2003)

The dental pulp. Biologic considerations of dental procedures.

GMN 12934 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15181