Background
Oppenheim was born in Brno, Moravia and received education in that part of Austria-Hungary.
Oppenheim was born in Brno, Moravia and received education in that part of Austria-Hungary.
He went to Karl Ferdinand"s University, Prague in 1899 to earn his Medical Degree. He then went to Berlin Dentalpoliclinic to earn his Dental Degree in 1904. He then practiced with Doctor Weiser in Vienna at his practice practice until 1914.
During World War I, he served as head of Army Hospital and in 1915 was appointed Privatdozent on Head of Orthodontics Department at University of Vienna.
In 1938, Doctor Oppenheim went to Geneva, Switzerland because of the political tensions of World World War World War II He moved to United States of America in 1939 after getting an appointment as a faculty at University of Southern California. His introduction to Edward Angle happened when he gave lectures at Angle School of Orthodontia when it was in New London, Connecticut.
After spending some time in United States, Doctor Oppenheim along with Grunberg went back to Europe and brought back teachings of Angle to several institutions. One of his articles Tissue Changes, Particularly of the Bone, Incident to Tooth Movement was published in Angel Orthodontist in 1911.
In this publication, Doctor Oppenheim showed the movement of teeth happens due to complete reorganization of the involved bone tissue.
He also showed that pull that happens from ligatures on a heavy base wire acts like a lever instead of a post in the ground. In subsequent publications later on, Doctor Oppenheim proposed that using gentle forces with long intervals of rest between had many advantages in Orthodontics. Oppenheim died in Hollywood, California on November 20, 1945.