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Dr Barry Mollenhauer
M.D.Sc. (Melb), B.D.Sc. (Qld), L.D.S. (Vic), F.R.A.C.D.S., F.I.C.D.
When
the World Journal of Orthodontics was
initiated in 2000, Dr Mollenhauer was chosen as one
of the top eleven innovators in the world to publish
in the first issue. Furthermore, he was the only one
of those eleven to publish two further articles in the
next issue (vol 1 no 2). As well, the editorial in vol 1
no 2 stated that his clinical research had influenced
the very name of that journal. This was because he
had resolved the major paradox of the specialty into
one combined system, which provided a theoretical
base for nanotechnology in the future.
In the early 1970s, he experimented with
microcomputers as they were called then, such that
he was able to lecture on their application to practice
and research — at two national Australian
Orthodontic Congresses by 1977 and 1980, and at
the University of North Carolina USA (1980). This
expertise was used when he was appointed Editor of
the Australian Begg Newsletter 1970 -1980s to
produce that publication, which led an Honorary Life
Membership of the Begg Orthodontic Society. This
also led onto him being appointed Editor of the
Australian Orthodontic Journal 1984-1991, where he
did the typesetting and pagination. The latter added
to an Honorary Life Membership of the Australian
Society of Orthodontics.
Eventually, the
computerization of publication resulted in being
appointed to the Editorial Board of the World Journal
of Orthodontics in 2000, whence White Papers were
written for its computerization.
Apart from 22 publications in various journals
around the world that are too numerous to detail
here, there were 15 editorials in the Australian
Orthodontic Journal that were quite in-depth papers
such as “Expert systems”, “Chaos Theory and
Fractals”, Observability Theory”, “Application of
Cognitive Science to Orthodontics ” that could be
applied to health research. The more satisfying
publishing was the invitations to contribute to
world-acclaimed textbooks such as those edited by
Graber (1997) and White. In both tomes, he was the
only Australian to be so invited. The latter book was
published in 2012 when he was 74 years of age.
Personal newsletters on clinical developments and
MetaScience have been distributed via the Internet
internationally for decades. The prefix “Meta” is an
abbreviation of “The Metaphysics of…”. It takes a
dialectic view to cover both the good and bad sides,
from being privy to the Peer Review system.
American and European meetings, where lectures
have been provided, include the following: The most
prestigious were, of course, the World Congresses at
San Francisco (1996) and Chicago (2000). Note that
these represent two of the six World Congresses in
the last century from 1923 to 2000. It seems he was
the only Australian to speak at more than one.
Lectures were given at three European meetings
(Heidelberg, Strasbourg and San Sebastian) and
three North American meetings (Bermuda, Hawaii
and Washington). He was the keynote speaker at the
Indian Orthodontic Society meeting at Hyderabad
and ran a 2-day course beforehand in 1993.
Australian Orthodontic Congress lectures include
Surfers Paradise 1977, Perth 1980 and Surfers
Paradise 1989 and at a Combined JapaneseAustralian at Alice Springs. Personal courses range
from one associated with a World Congress (San
Francisco 1996) down to weekly ones at the local
University of Melbourne for 27 years. In between,
there have been several at the University of
Tennessee (where he was on the Visiting Faculty of
the Orthodontic Department 1992-1994), and
others, with more than one presentation in brackets,
at the Universities of: Sydney (2), Adelaide (3),
Queensland, and overseas ones starting at Tokyo
(1976). Yet others include North Carolina, Singapore
(2), London (2), Strasbourg, Basel, Oklahoma, Baylor
(Texas), Pittsburgh, Chicago (2), Michigan, Harvard.
Many courses were also conducted outside
universities, such as Sydney, Canberra, Shreveport
(Louisiana), Binghamton (New York State), and
Selestat (France), and many in his own practice for
interstate and overseas participants.
Dr Mollenhauer has been a Reviewer and Referee
for seven Australian and overseas Journals and
Masters departments.
Fifteen non-publication
positions have been held such as Federal VicePresident of the Australian Society of Orthodontists
(ASO), Chairman of the Congress Organizing
Committee of the ASO, Specialist Orthodontist at the
Orthodontic Department of the Royal Dental
Hospital for 27 years. All executive positions were
held on the Dental Nurses Training Committee in
Victoria and on the national body. A number of
inventions have been developed… some of which
were patentable. He developed and taught three
separate and comprehensive orthodontic treatment
techniques using different bracket types.