About Ralph Frederick Sommer
Lived 1898 – 1971 (aged 72–73). Ralph Frederick Sommer was an American dentist.
Ralph Frederick Sommer (1898 – 1971) is known as one of the two leading pioneers in the development of endodontics. He is also noted as a pioneer in the treatment of root canal infections and the development of the root canal operation.
At the University of Michigan, Sommer was a faculty member (1924–1968) as well as Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the University of Michigan. He also held status as the charter member and second president of the American Association of Endodontists.
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Who was Ralph Frederick Sommer?
American pioneer of Endodontics (1898–1971)
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Ralph Frederick Sommer was born in 1898.
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Ralph Frederick Sommer died in 1971.
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Ralph Frederick Sommer was a dentist.
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Ralph Frederick Sommer was American.
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