Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020219 a-d
Description
Two boxes of dental canal points; cylindrical brown wooden boxes (a, b) with white paper labels printed with black ink; labels state product, size, manufacturing information; each box is filled with thin brown metal cylinders of various sizes with flat ends; each box has one cylindrical brown woode…
Two boxes of dental canal points; cylindrical brown wooden boxes (a, b) with white paper labels printed with black ink; labels state product, size, manufacturing information; each box is filled with thin brown metal cylinders of various sizes with flat ends; each box has one cylindrical brown wooden cap (c, d) that rests atop the box.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 4.0 cm x Diam. 1.1 cm
b - box - Size: Length 4.0 cm x Diam. 1.1 cm
c - cap - Size: Depth 1.0 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm
d - cap - Size: Depth 1.0 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Printed on label: "small - 2 // SILVE // CANAL POIN // No. 5 // As suggested by // Dr. E. A. Jasper, D.D // MADE IN U.S.A. // Young Dental Mfg // St. Louis Mo."; (b) printed on label: "small - 2o // SILVER // CANAL POIN // No. 4 // As suggested by // Dr. E. A. Jasper, D.D // MADE IN U.S.A. // Young Dental Mfg. // St. Louis Mo."; handwritten on label: "LARGE // 6"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Condition Remarks
Scotch tape remnants on labels; labels are ripped in places; points are slightly tarnished
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-G”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1915, p. 16 (similar to Gutta-Percha root canal points)
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; canal points are used to fill root canals.