Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Archival
Dental
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Dental
Accession Number
010020143
Description
Advertising brochure for Williams Mat Gold; rectangular white page folded into three sections, printed on both sides with black ink; cover has grey and red background with manufacturer's name printed with black ink and black and white illustration of a hand holding a condenser and plugging a tooth …
Advertising brochure for Williams Mat Gold; rectangular white page folded into three sections, printed on both sides with black ink; cover has grey and red background with manufacturer's name printed with black ink and black and white illustration of a hand holding a condenser and plugging a tooth with gold foil; information on Williams Mat Gold, when to use it, how to fill cavities, and price list inside; illustration of product's new molded box printed with red, white and black ink inside
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Printed on front: "Nothing can equal // a PLUGGED // gold filling // Williams MAT GOLD"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 21
Dimension Notes
Length 16.2 cm x Width 8.4 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
Condition Remarks
Worn horizontal fold mark across front; water damage along top of front; blue water mark on back; page quite worn at folds
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"Material in Dentistry: Principles and Applications, 2nd ed.", Jack L. Ferracane, 2001, p. 3, 140-141
CD #9
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; gold is still used by some dentists, despite it being more costly and more difficult to work with than amalgams or composites; gold was first used to fill cavities around 1500 C.E. in early modern Italy; while gold is a very soft metal, it becomes harder when compressed, and pieces weld together in the mouth; it requires twice as much force as amalgam does to be compressed, however, and there is a danger of hurting the tooth being filled; mat gold are clumps of gold, as opposed to thin foil sheets or powdered gold