Phillip Pfaff
Phillip Pfaff
German dentist who developed a method for casting models for making false teeth. This method, first described in 1756, helped those with rotting or missing teeth have dentures constructed that fit and worked better than the wood, metal, and ceramic false teeth of the day.
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