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MOLD, DENTAL-CASTING

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
SET (157 PCES)
Date Range From
1910
Date Range To
1920
Materials
STEEL, WOOD (PINE), BRASS
Catalogue Number
P19738725000
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
SET (157 PCES)
Date Range From
1910
Date Range To
1920
Materials
STEEL, WOOD (PINE), BRASS
No. Pieces
157
Height
5.6
Length
44
Width
18
Description
.1 TO .16 UPPER MOLAR - FIRST OR SECOND. .17 TO .32 LOWER FIRST MOLAR. .33 TO .48 LOWER MOLAR - SECOND OR THIRD. .49 TO .50, .57. TO .58 LOWER CENTRAL AND LATERAL. .51 TO .56, .59 TO .64 UPPER THIRD MOLARS. .65 TO .71, .73 TO .79 UPPER FIRST BICUSPIDS. .81 TO 87, .89 TO .95 UPPER SECOND BICUSPIDS. .97 TO .103, .105 TO .111 LOWER SECOND BICUSPIDS. .72, .80, .88, 96, .104, .112 UPPER MOLARS. .113 TO .128, 136, .144 CUSPIDS. .129 TO .135, .137 TO .143 UPPER CENTRAL & LATERAL. .145 TO .150 LOWER FIRST BICUSPIDS. .151 TO .153 WOODEN CORKS AND STEEL PIECES OF A PUNCH. .154 WASHER FOR PUNCH - (SPACER). .155 GAUGE FOR MEASURING CIRCUMFERENCE OF TEETH. .156 KEY - FUNCTION UNKNOWN. .157 CASE - ABOVE DIMENSIONS. WOODEN HINGED LID BOX TO HOLD THE TOOTH MOLDS. EACH MOLD HAS A NUMBERED HOLE IN WHICH TO BE STORED. PAPER LABEL IN LID OF CASE GIVES DESCRIPTION OF EACH MOLD. ALSO SAYS: "INDEX - THIS CHART IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF THE NEW CENTURY STEEL TOOTH FORMS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE CASE, NATURAL SIZE. THE NUMBERS ON THE CHART AND ON THE SUPPORTING BOARD FOR THE STEEL FORMS CORRESPOND WITH THOSE ON THE FORMS. ORDER ADDITIONAL STEEL FORMS BY NUMBER FROM THIS CHART. EACH STEEL FORM IS LETTERED ALSO TO CORRESPOND WITH THE LETTER ON THE DRAW HOLE OR PLUNGER OF THE PRECISION DENTAL SHELL MACHINE THAT DRAWS THE SHELL TO FIT THAT FORM. SHELLS NOT DRAWN ON THE PRECISION MACHINE SHOULD BE TRIED ON THE FORMS TO FIND THE NEAREST SIZE. CHART LISTING NUMBERS OF STEEL FORMS WITH CORRESPONDING SIZES OF S.S. WHITE GOLD SHELLS, FREE ON REQUEST. MADE BY THE CENTRAL TOOL COMPANY, AUBORN, R.I. (PATENTED SEPTEMBER 27, 1910). THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. SOLE SALES AGENT". BRASS FITTINGS.
Subjects
MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
Historical Association
HEALTH SERVICES
History
J. HAROLD FOX STARTED THE DENTAL LAB IN A.D. 1922. THE TOOLS WERE PURCHASED FROM DR. M.T. GIBSON WHO ARRIVED IN 1900. EARL FOX, SON OF G.H. FOX, TOOK THE LAB BUSINESS FROM HIS FATHER AND RUNS IT TO THIS DAY. TOOLS DATE PROBABLY BACK TO DR. GIBSON'S OWNERSHIP.
Catalogue Number
P19738725000
Acquisition Date
1973-02
Collection
Museum
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