Background
ASTAKHOV, Nikolay was born in 1875.
ASTAKHOV, Nikolay was born in 1875.
1899 graduate Imperial Military Medical Academy.
After graduate, specialized in dentistry. From 1903 taught in dental schools. 1908 received doctor’s degree for thesis K voprosu o patogeneze zubnykh okolokornevykh kist (The Pathogenesis of Peridental Cysts), a classic piece of research refuting P. Grawitz’ theory of the origin of epithelial cells in dental granulomas being due to their penetration through the dental fistulas.
1921 founded Department of Stomatology, Leningrad Postgraduate Medical Institute, which he headed until his death. Attended all stomatology congresses and conferences. 1938 chairman, Leningrad Social of Stomatologists.
Wrote more than 40 works. Coauthor of manual on orthopedic stomatology.