Richard Trauner
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Richard Trauner (August 27, 1900 – May 31, 1980) was an Austrian oral surgeon. Trauner is known for introducing the procedure of Sagittal Split Osteotomy to the United States in the 1960s with Hugo Obwegeser.[1][2]
Life
Trauner was born in Austria. After three years of general surgery training under the tutelage of von Eiselsberg, he entered dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery under the tutelage of his uncle Hans Pichler at the Pichler School.
Trauner's research focused on mandibular dysplasia, pre-prosthetic surgery, orthognathic surgery and cleft palate and lip surgery.[3]
Trauner was the Chair of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Graz, Austria from 1947 to 1971. Obwegeser studied under Trauner at the university. Trauner and Obwegeser introduced the horizontal osteotomy of the mandibular symphysis through the intraoral approach.
References
- ^ Bagheri, Shahrokh C.; Bell, Bryan; Khan, Husain Ali (2011-09-19). Current Therapy In Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781455727575.
- ^ Trauner, Richard; Obwegeser, Hugo (1957-08-01). "The surgical correction of mandibular prognathism and retrognathia with consideration of genioplasty. Part II. Operating methods for microgenia and distoclusion". Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology. 10 (8): 787–792. doi:10.1016/0030-4220(57)90105-6.
- ^ Obwegeser, Hugo L. (January 1981). "In Memoriam Prof. Dr. Richard Trauner". Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. 9: 68. doi:10.1016/S0301-0503(81)80016-1.
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