title: Alfred Kantorowicz, pediatric dentistry innovator.
abstract: Alfred Kantorowicz was born in 1880. He received his dental degree in 1900 and his medical degree in 1906. After World War I he became the director of the dental institute in Bonn, Germany. He was an amazing leader with a special interest in pediatric dentistry and was the developer of mobile clinics and preventive dentistry programs for children in Germany. In the 1930s and 1940s, he was instrumental in modernizing the dental curriculum in Turkey. He died in 1962 in Germany.
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Loevy
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kowitz
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000266:history; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000266:history*; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey