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Dr. Herbert B. Schilder 1928 ~ 2006

AAE member Herbert B. Schilder, D.D.S., of Newton, Mass., passed away on January
25, 2006, following a long illness. A pioneer in the field of endodontics, Dr. Schilder
was an AAE past president, serving from 1985-1986, and was honored with the
Association’s highest honor, the 1995 Edgar D. Coolidge Award as well as the 1996

Louis I. Grossman Award. He also served on the American Board of Endodontics in the
1970s, was active in the AAE Foundation and was first vice president of the American
Dental Association from 1990-1991. Along with his service in organized dentistry, Dr.

Schilder was very active in education. He was key in establishing the dental school at
Boston University, where he served on faculty from 1959-2003. He is well known
throughout dentistry for developing a vertical compaction of warm gutta-percha
technique that bears his name and is still widely used today. Dr. Schilder received his
D.D.S. from New York University in 1953, and completed an endodontic fellowship at

Temple University. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Joan, son Richard, and
numerous other family members and friends.

JOE — Volume 32, Number 4, p382, April 2006

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