Lower denture with a complete set of plastic teeth minus the third molars; gums are made of vulcanized rubber and painted pink
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1920
1930
circa 1920-1930
Date Remarks
Date based on research
Material
vulcanite: red
plastic: white
paint: pink
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B
Dimension Notes
Length 5 cm x Width 6.5 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Denture was previously broken in two pieces at the point of the central incisor and was repaired with a clear adhesive
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
"British Dental Association Museum" website; 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