Georg Carabelli, Edler von Lunkaszprie (Squire of Lunkaszprie) (Hungarian: Carabelli György) (December 11, 1787, in Pest – October 24, 1842, in

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) was a prominent Hungarian

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and professor of

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in Vienna. He held a minor noble rank, which referenced the town of Lunkaszprie (now Luncasprie, in

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). Georg Carabelli was a court dentist to the

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and co-founder of the

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clinic at the

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. The

Cusp of Carabelli The cusp of Carabelli, Carabelli's tubercle, or ''tuberculum anomale'' of Georg Carabelli is a small additional cusp at the mesiopalatal line angle of maxillary first molars. This extra cusp is usually found on the secondary maxillary first mol ...

, a small additional cusp sometimes found on the mesiolingual corner of an upper molar, was first illustrated in his textbook of oral anatomy, published in 1842, and later described in his handbook of dentistry, published posthumously in 1844. He wrote numerous textbooks and monographs.

Monographs

* Carabelli, Georg: ''Geschichtliche Übersicht der Zahnheikunde, Vol. 1.'' Wien, 1831 * Carabelli, Georg: ''Systemisches Handbuch der Zahnheilkunde. Anatomie des Mundes, Vol. 2.'' Braunmüller und Seidel, Wien, 1844

Notes

* Szinnyei, József. ''Magyar írók élete és munkái'' ("The life and works of Hungarian writers") Arcanum, Budapest, 2000, Hungarian dentists Austrian dentists Austrian people of Hungarian descent Edlers of Austria Hungarian nobility Physicians from Budapest 1787 births 1842 deaths 19th-century dentists Scientists from the Austrian Empire {{Austria-med-bio-stub