Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020458
Description
Upper denture with complete set of white porcelain teeth and pink vulcanite gums, attached to an aluminum base; one canine is gold, and there is a gold filling on the front of the proper left central incisor
Upper denture with complete set of white porcelain teeth and pink vulcanite gums, attached to an aluminum base; one canine is gold, and there is a gold filling on the front of the proper left central incisor
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1910
1920
circa 1910-1920
Date Remarks
Date based on research and similar artefacts in the collection
Material
porcelain: white
metal: silver, yellow
rubber: pink
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B
Dimension Notes
Length 5.5 cm x Width 4.5 cm x Depth 2.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Exhibits few signs of use; like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
"British Dental Association Museum" website; similar to 010.020.487; CD #4
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 less expensive to make and thus more popular; porcelain was added to vulcanite bases to recreate the light pink colour of natural gums, since making the vulcanite the right colour weakened the denture