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How important was Schilder in his field? At the school’s Endodontic Alumni
Association 25th anniversary meeting in 1995, he received a personal phone call from
President Bill Clinton congratulating him for his contributions to dentistry. “It was the
first time that many in the audience had ever seen Herb speechless,” said a graduate
of the Endodontics program.

One of Dr. Schilder’s greatest legacies are the approximately 400 Endodontists
from all corners of the world who were fortunate enough to graduate from his program.
Herb was not the easiest mentor. He was relentlessly and stubbornly dedicated to

producing the highest quality clinical results and he expected nothing less than the
finest effort from his students. He was adept at bringing out the best in them, no matter
how difficult the situation seemed to them at the time. At BU you were not merely a
graduate Endodontic student, you were one of Dr. Schilder’s Endodontic Residents and

for this he demanded your complete and unflinching commitment. Ask any BU Endo
grad and they will inevitably have a favorite “Herb Story” . It has been said by some
that being a graduate of Schilder’s Boston University Endodontic program entitled you
to become part of the “BU Endo Mafia” - with Schilder as the Godfather. While some

of us may have had a bit of a rough ride under his tutelage, he embraced each and
every student upon graduation. The BU Endo alumni were his “family” .
The EndoExperience
(The Endo File Cabinet - Dedication To Dr. Herbert Schilder)

Dr. Schilder was a very influential scholar and educator in endodontics. His level of
popularity in the field led to the use of his name in the movie Finding Nemo, in which
the "Schilder technique" was mentioned in the conversation between the fish.

WIKIPEDIA

Schilder’s Technique =

Schilderian Endodontics =
Predictably Successful RCT =
Warm GP Vertical Compaction Techique

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