Moriz Heider (21 June 1816, Vienna – 29 July 1866, Vienna) was an Austrian dentist born in

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. He studied medicine in

, where he was an assistant to Georg Carabelli (1787–1842). In 1858, he became an associate professor at the

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. Heider was a pioneer of modern

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, being remembered for introducing electrosurgery (''Galvanokaustik'') into dentistry. He is also credited for being the first dentist in a German-speaking country to use a procedure called ''Goldhämmerfüllungen'', a technique used for installing gold fillings. In 1861, he founded the ''Verein österreichischer Zahnärzte'' (Austrian Association of Dentists), known today as the ''Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde'' or ÖGZMK (Austrian Society of

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). With histopathologist Carl Wedl (1815–1891), he was co-author of the highly regarded ''Atlas zur Pathologie der Zähne'', a work later translated into English and published as "Atlas to the Pathology of the Teeth". After Heider's death in 1866, his pioneer work in dentistry was continued by his colleague Adolf Zsigmondy (1816–1880).

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Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde Website. 1816 births 1866 deaths 19th-century Austrian people Austrian dentists Academic staff of the University of Vienna Health professionals from Vienna 19th-century dentists People from the Austrian Empire {{Austria-med-bio-stub