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Pierre Robin
French dental surgeon, 1867-1950.
Associated eponyms:
Robin's syndrome
A very rare congenital malformation syndrome characterized by unusual smallness of the jaw combined with cleft palate, downward displacement of the tongue, and an absent gag reflex.
Stickler's syndrome
A fairly common progressive disease of connective tissue with onset at birth affecting ears, eyes, and joints.
Biography:
Pierre Robin, in his time the doyen of French dental surgeons, was best known for his contributions to orthodentistry, but published on many aspects of dentistry and oral hygiene. His main interest was glossoptisis, on which he wrote more than 20 articles and a monograph. He was professor at the French School of Stomatology, and from 1914, with Nogue, he was editor-in-chief of the Revue de Stomatologie.
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