Education and Career
- Born in Ludvika, Sweden
- Received dental training in Stockholm
- Practiced dentistry from 1937 to 1951
- Served as chairman of orthodontics in Malmö, Sweden from 1940 to 1950
- Became Professor of Orthodontics in Royal Dental College, Denmark
Contributions to Implant Radiography
- Worked on Implant Radiography
- Placed metal pins in bones for Cephalometric Analysis
- Defined concepts of Forward Rotation and Backward Rotation of jaws
- Developed seven structural signs for Bjork Analysis
- Studied growth pattern of human mandible
Awards and Recognitions
- Honorary member of World Federations of Orthodontists
- Received Albert Ketcham Memorial Award in 1973
- Chairman of Orthodontic Department at Malmö, Sweden from 1949 to 1950
- Orthodontic Professor at Royal Dental College from 1951 to 1981
- Gave Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecture in 1980
References
- Pindborg, Jens Jørgen; Harding, Merete. Arne Björk. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Gyldendal.
- Profitt, William. Contemporary Orthodontics
- Salzmann, J. A. (1948-08-01). The face in profile; an anthropological X-ray investigation on Swedish children and conscripts: By Arne Bjork.
- American Journal of Orthodontics. 34 (8): 691–699.
- Lager, H. (December 1971). [Arne Björk 60 years]. Tandlægebladet. 75 (12): 1149–1156.
Authority Control Databases
- International: ISNI, VIAF
- National: Norway, Sweden, Netherlands
- Other: IdRef
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Erik Arne Björk (22 December 1911 – 5 February 1996) was a Swedish dentist famous for his The Face in Profile Analysis which he published in 1947. He is also known to develop the implant radiography.