Sigmund Socransky information

Sigmund Socransky was born on December 2, 1934, in Toronto, Canada. He received his DDS degree from the University of Toronto in 1957. Socransky studied microbiology and Periodontology at Harvard, receiving a certificate in 1961. That same year he was recruited to work as a research associate at the Forsyth Dental Center. In 1968, he was nominated Senior Member of the Staff and Head of the Department of Periodontology. During his 50-year career at Forsyth, he published over 300 manuscripts. His career focus was in the fields of Periodontology and oral microbiology.^[1] Socransky died on August 27, 2011, in Boston Massachusetts.^[2]