Upper denture; thirteen white plastic teeth and one gold tooth attached to curved red vulcanite rubber base; rubber is pink at top of gums
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1940
1960
circa 1940-1960
Date Remarks
Based on materials
Material
plastic: white
metal: yellow
rubber: red
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B
Dimension Notes
Length 5.8 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Metal is tarnished
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
"British Dental Association Museum" website
CD #1
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; in 1864 the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co. was founded in the United States, producing dentures made with hardened rubber and helping them to become cheaper to make and thus more popular