Irving Glickman

Irving Glickman (January 17, 1914 – October 2, 1972) was an American clinical researcher described as "the father of periodontology"

Career In 1941, Glickman joined the Tufts University faculty and developed a classification system for furcation involvement

In 1965, Glickman proposed a theory involving the relation of occlusal trauma to periodontal disease which led to further research in animal models.

Philanthropy Glickman served as the chairman of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) of Boston.

Personal life and death In 1954, Glickman married his student, Violeta Arboleda. Violeta had five sisters including Esmeralda, and Mireya. Glickman and Arboleda had a son, Alan, and a daughter, Denise.

He died on October 2, 1972 at Tufts–New England Medical Center in Boston.

Selected works Clinical Periodontology The book continued to be published under the editorship of Fermin A. Carranza, and the title changed to Carranza's Clinical Periodontology )