Egil Peter Harvold (1912 – November 17, 1992) was an American orthodontist who is known for developing a

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known as Harvold Analysis. He also is known to have contributed significantly towards the understanding of the orofacial clefts and craniofacial development.

Life

Harvold received his degrees in medicine and dentistry in Germany and Norway respectively. He practiced as an orthodontist in 1937 in Norway. After few years of practicing orthodontics, he received his Ph.D. in anatomy from

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. Because of his interested in cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial anomalies, he became interested in becoming a research fellow at a dental institute in Oslo. He eventually came to

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for teaching for a couple of years. After then, he went to

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in 1959, where he became a professor and head of the orthodontic department until 1961. In 1963, he headed off to

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, where he became the director of Center of Craniofacial Anomalies until his retirement in 1980. Harvold's research focused on interrelationship between genetic and environmental factors in development of the head and face. He died in Oslo, Norway, in 1992 at the age of 80.

Awards and positions

* The

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Award * University of Toronto &

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, honorary degrees * International Society of Craniofacial Biology, president * Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veteran's Administration, member

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvold, Egil Peter American orthodontists 1912 births 1992 deaths University of Michigan faculty 20th-century American dentists Norwegian emigrants to the United States