Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020363
Description
Silver metal root elevator; round octagonal handle tapers to middle; instrument bends back at a 45-degree angle then bends back at a 45-degree angle; tip with oval-shaped indent
Silver metal root elevator; round octagonal handle tapers to middle; instrument bends back at a 45-degree angle then bends back at a 45-degree angle; tip with oval-shaped indent
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-D”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1916, p. 15 (similar to model #13B)
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 item most resembles a root elevator