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Education University of Bern, Danube University Krems | ||
Martin vom Brocke (born July 25, 1969) is a Swiss dentist, orthodontist and book author.
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Life and scientific work
Vom Brocke studied dentistry at University of Bern from 1992 to 1997, and finished his doctoral theses (Ph.D.) in 2000. In 2013 he achieved a degree as Master of Science in Orthodontics at Danube University Krems (Prof. Dr. Dr. Dieter Müßig). Since 2010 he does research work on the long-known problems and insufficiencies of Edward Angle's classification system of malocclusions (published in 1899), on cephalometric analysis and on related topics.
In 2015 he proposed a new dental classification system that integrates the position of the ears, the chin, the nose, the eyes, tooth sizes, the occlusion and the second dentition, the structural relations between these parameters being described by Riemann's ζ4 function. Like Angle's system, vom Brocke's classification is primarily based on the positional relationship of the first small molar teeth (premolars).