Early Life and Education - Born on 10 December 1916 in Silesia, Germany - Enrolled in the medical faculty in Breslau, Germany in 1935 - Studied under Artur Martin Schwarz in Vienna, Austria in 1939

Contributions and Innovations - Developed the Roentgenphotogramm in 1939 - Specialised in otolaryngology and worked in Hamburg for Schuchardt - Developed the Elastic Oral Adaptor or the Bimler Appliance - Addressed the shortcomings of the Activator appliance - Developed the first Roentgenphotogramm in 1939 - Developed the elastic bite former during World War II - Presented his findings on the Roentgenphotogramm to the European Orthodontic Society - Developed the Bimler Cephalometric Analysis

Bimler Appliance - Worked with the Activator appliance in his father's office - Disliked the rigidity and bulkiness of the Activator appliance - Started testing a new appliance using stainless steel wire instead of acrylic - Developed the Elastic Oral Adaptor or the Bimler Appliance - Addressed the shortcomings of the Activator appliance

Related Concepts - Activator appliance - List of Orthodontic Functional Appliances

References - Memorial To Dr. Hans Peter Bimler (www.iaortho.org) - Bimler, Barbara (2002-01-01). Hans Peter Bimler at age 85. International Journal of Orthodontics - Phulari, Basavaraj Subhashchandra (2013-06-30). History of Orthodontics. JP Medical Ltd. - Treatment Effects of the Bimler Functional Appliance on Class II Division 2 Malocclusion - Bimler appliance - Oxford Reference