Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020355 a-b
Description
Silver metal porte-polisher; cylindrical handle (a) with flat end; three ridges near top for grip, opening at top; tip (b) with ridges at bottom to screw into handle; bends at a slight angle; perpendicular hollow cylinder at top for orangewood point.
Silver metal porte-polisher; cylindrical handle (a) with flat end; three ridges near top for grip, opening at top; tip (b) with ridges at bottom to screw into handle; bends at a slight angle; perpendicular hollow cylinder at top for orangewood point.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - handle - Size: Length 11.1 cm x Diam. 1.0 cm
b - tip - Size: Length 6.3 cm x Width 1.3 cm x Depth 0.9 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Engraved on handle: "SSW // PATENT // SEP.24, 1912 // MADE IN U.S. OF A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-6
Condition Remarks
Plating rubbed off handle, especially at top
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-F”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1916, p. 50 (Contra-Angle Porte-Polisher)
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; this contra-angle porte-polisher would be used with orangewood points to polish different teeth