Milo Hellman (March 26, 1872 – May 11, 1947) was an American orthodontist and an instructor at

Angle School of Orthodontia Angle School of Orthodontia was the first school of orthodontics in the world, established by Edward Angle in 1899. The school taught its students orthodontics over a period of 3–6 weeks. The school graduated 183 students until it closed in 1927. ...

and Chair of NYU Orthodontic Program. He is known for his contributions to the field of Orthodontia via his research on the relationship between teeth, jaws and face.

Life

Hellman was born in

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in 1872 and moved to United States at the age of 16. In his teen years he joined the

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where he played flute. He earned his dental degree from

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1905. He then started teaching at NYU Dental School and he also became a research associate in Physical Anthropology at the

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. He studied how race affected characteristics of teeth and he also studied how evolution changed teeth, jaws and faces.

Career

During his teaching career at Angle School of Orthodontia, Hellman worked with

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and learned about the relationship between teeth, jaws and face. Hellman wrote over 100 articles which have been published in various journals. He was also a member of American Association of Mammalogists,

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, and a chartered member of the

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, the

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, and the Society for the Study of Child Development. He also participated in the Committee on Growth and Development, along with Edward Angle, during a Child Health and Protection Conference at White House in 1930. He also served as the Vice-President of New York Academcy Sciences from 1932 to 1933. In addition he served on the editorial board of Journal of Dental Research, Archives of Clinical and Oral Pathology, and Bulletin of the First District Dental Society, New York. He was awarded an Honorary degree of Doctor from University of Pennsylvania and University of Witwatersrand in 1933 and 1938 respectively. He also served as the Chair of Orthodontics of NYU Orthodontic Program in 1930.

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established the Milo Hellman Research Award in 1958 to honour Hellman's contributions to the field of Orthodontics.

Awards

* Albert H. Ketcham Memorial Award

References

American dentists Orthodontists 1872 births 1947 deaths {{US-med-bio-stub