The Prague Section of the
International Association for Dental Research
The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a professional association, founded in 1920 by William Gies, that focuses on research in the field of dentistry. The aim of this association by constitution is to promote research in all f ...
(IADR) was founded in 1932 by
Karel Černý,
Jan Jesenský
Jan Jesenský (1870 Prague – 1947 Prague), professor (1911) of stomatology at Prague University.
He was the founder and head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until the German occupation in 1939, a member of the Bohemian Academy, a member of I ...
,
František Kostečka,
A. E. Loos,
Friedrich Neumann,
František Neuwirt
František Neuwirt (26 August 1895 – 15 August 1957), was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, specialising in stomatology.
He followed Jan Jesenský as head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until his death, was a member of the Boh ...
, and
Karel Wachsmann. They were joined in 1934 by
Karel Wachsmanns Jr.,
Jaromír Křečan,
V. F. Náprstek,
Čestmír Parma, Josef Přibyl,
Ferdinand Škaloud, and
Hans Wermuth, and in 1937 by
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.
Wachsmann Sr. died in 1938, and several other members died during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, so that by 1948, there were only nine members of the section remaining: Černý, Kostečka, Křečan, Neumann, Neuwirt, Parma, Přibyl, Škaloud, and Wermuth. The section was forced to shut down by the new regime after the
Communist putsch in February 1948. The "inactivation" of the Prague Section was approved by the IADR Council at the 31st General Meeting in 1953. Some of the founding members of the section were honored by being designated as Honorary Vice-Presidents of IADR: Jan Jesenský (1933–35), Karel Wachsmann Sr. (1935–38), Karel Černý (1938-39), and František Neuwirt, 1939-40.
By 1970, there was only one IADR member left in Prague:
Anna Placková, who was awarded an IADR "Senior Foreign Dental Scientist" Fellowship. This enabled her to travel to Chicago in 1968-69, and participate in several IADR research meetings while traveling in the United States to visit dental research centers.
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Dental organizations
1932 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Medical and health organizations based in the Czech Republic
Organizations established in 1932