Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020415 a-e
Description
Dental tooth-form set in brown wooden case; rectangular case (a) with two metal hinges and one hook closure; product and manufacturing information printed on lid with black ink; white rectangular paper with manufacturer's information, instructions and photographs of each tooth-form, printed with bl…
Dental tooth-form set in brown wooden case; rectangular case (a) with two metal hinges and one hook closure; product and manufacturing information printed on lid with black ink; white rectangular paper with manufacturer's information, instructions and photographs of each tooth-form, printed with black ink, affixed inside lid; white paper label covers bottom of case, numbers each tooth-form; cut-out circles and spaces for brown metal tooth-forms and tools; hollow cylindrical ring (b); ring with red rubber putty inside (c); wrench with cylindrical handle attached to bolt with octagonal end (d); 148 tooth-forms (e) with various shaped models of each tooth mounted on cylindrical bases
Number Of Parts
5
Part Names
a - case - Size: Length 43.5 cm x Width 18.0 cm x Depth 5.2 cm
b - ring - Size: Depth 3.0 cm x Diam. 3.2 cm
c - ring - Size: Length 2.8 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
d - wrench - Size: Length 6.5 cm x Width 2.9 cm x Depth 0.4 cm
e - largest tooth - Size: Length 2.5 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.9 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Printed on lid: "NEW CENTURY STEEL TOOTH FORMS // (Patented Sept. 27, 1910) // Made By // THE CENTRAL TOOL COMPANY // PROVIDENCE, R. I. // UNITED STATES OF AMERICA // The S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co. // Sole Sales Agent"; printed inside lid: "THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. // Sole Sales Agent"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-1
Condition Remarks
Metal is very corroded, rusty, especially tooth forms; wooden case (a) is worn, scratched, dented, missing one hook closure at front; wooden panel in lid is coming loose; paper inside of case is very brown, water-damaged; teeth #87 and #143 are missing
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-G”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1915, p.58
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; this item was donated by Dr. Glenn Walker from London, Ontario; the 1915 catalogue entry for this product states that a seamless gold shell could be shaped into a crown ready to trim in five minutes