176:. At that time Angle was struggling to develop aesthetic criteria for dental orthodontics. He sought out models to give his students when they were working on creating a better bite and smile for their patients. With his artistic ability, knowledge of anatomy, and taste. Wuerpel was instrumental in developing aesthetics for dentists and he lectured at the Angle School in St. Louis, New York as well as New London, Connecticut and Pasadena, California. With Angle he developed the Angle-Wuerpel orthodontic table. He was an honorary member of the Angle Society for Dentists.
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Training School and was awarded the Selew Medal for the highest four-year average. He was unable to see for the last year of his career in high school. After his high school graduation, he entered the
208:"As I told you this morning Wink, poor Mortimer seems to have had rather a cold time of it with this spoil he meandered back from Wuerpel's country with! - don't you think so? Dear me! when are we going to write to the good kind Wuerpel! - Well when I am sitting by you in a day or two! we will get off a whole batch of letters! wont we Chinkie"
225:. John Wanamaker, Rodman's father and the founder of the famous Philadelphia store of that name was one of his first clients and he purchased a painting in 1894, the year that Wuerpel returned home. and soon began teaching at the Washington University School of Fine Arts. He initially taught the life class. The American Impressionist
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Tonalism. He used a limited palette and painted intimate landscapes, usually of trees. Wurpel was also known for his unusual palette and thus was often referred to with the appellation "Purple Wuerpel." He was not a prolific painter. Few appear in gallery
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146:
137:Edward Angle
133:Tonal School
116:
115:
32:May 13, 1866
1311:1958 deaths
1306:1866 births
1273:Institution
1121:Ronald Roth
1071:Hayes Nance
1046:Craven Kurz
961:Calvin Case
619:Prognathism
143:Early years
1295:Categories
1041:Juri Kurol
931:Arne Björk
809:Fiberotomy
794:Procedures
760:Quad helix
710:Lip bumper
700:Invisalign
658:Appliances
577:Conditions
418:References
123:, part of
1239:(Germany)
880:Composite
843:Materials
770:SureSmile
599:Crossbite
594:Open bite
511:Diagnosis
149:St. Louis
49:Education
1247:Journals
865:TiMolium
765:Retainer
735:Headgear
690:Elastics
670:Archwire
584:Overbite
464:Archived
192:and the
107:Children
93:Tonalism
89:Movement
79:Employer
875:Ceramic
870:Elgiloy
589:Overjet
680:Braces
399:
99:Spouse
829:SARPE
256:Notes
397:ISBN
221:and
200:and
41:Died
29:Born
160:at
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217:,
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