Abraham Berliner Collection of Dental Instruments

Collection

Call Number: MS200

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of periodontal instruments developed by Dr. Abraham Berliner, circa 1958, as well as some biographical information about him.

Dates

1936 -- 2012

Creator

School of Dental Medicine

Language of Materials

English

Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproduction and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Any intellectual property rights that the donor possesses have not been transferred to Tufts University.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into two series: Biographical information; Dental instruments.

Extent

1.2 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Abraham Berliner was born in Gloversville, New York and attended Long Island University in Brooklyn. He graduated from the Tufts School of Dental Medical in 1936.

During World War II, Berliner served as a dental surgeon in the Army, achieving the rank of captain. Following the war, he returned to New York where he headed the periodontia department at Jewish Memorial Hospital. He was the author of three textbooks and of numerous articles for professional journals. He specialized in new techniques and instruments for use in diseases of the supporting structures of the teeth.At the time of his death, Berliner was chairman of the department of periodontology and dental pathology at Sydenham Hospital.

Berliner died on June 30, 1966 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manhattan, New York.