Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Dentures
Teaching aids
Classification
Dental
Dentures
Teaching aids
Accession Number
010020299 a-d
Description
Pink and white plastic hinged model of upper and lower teeth (a); top and bottom are held together by silver metal hinges with a metal spring on each side; pink and white model of upper teeth (b); set of three yellow metal lower tooth covers (c) that fit on the hinged model; set of four yellow met…
Pink and white plastic hinged model of upper and lower teeth (a); top and bottom are held together by silver metal hinges with a metal spring on each side; pink and white model of upper teeth (b); set of three yellow metal lower tooth covers (c) that fit on the hinged model; set of four yellow metal upper tooth covers (d) that fit on the hinged model
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - dental articulator - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Width 9.4 cm x Depth 6.1 cm
b - model of upper teeth - Size: Length 7.7 cm x Width 7.6 cm x Depth 3.0 cm
c - set of three lower tooth covers - Size: Length 3.0 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 1.0 mm
d - set of four upper tooth covers - Size: Length 3.9 cm x Width 0.9 mm x Depth 1.0 mm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Embossed on top: "COLUMBIA DENTOFORM CORP // NEW YORK // 861"; embossed on bottom: "COLUMBIA DENTOFORM CORP // NEW YORK // 862"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-1
Condition Remarks
Missing a screw on the lower set of teeth; slightly dirty
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"Columbia Dentoform" website
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; company has been in business since 1917 when Ben Spitzer sold articulators and attachments to dental laboratories; Spitzer also created the first manikin for dental teaching and practice and sold it to the University of California at San Francisco