Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Dentures
Classification
Dental
Dentures
Accession Number
010020497
Description
Upper denture made of vulcanized rubber set on a silver aluminum base with plastic teeth; denture is a near complete set of teeth, only missing the canines which have been removed; the front of the gums are painted pink until the second molar where they are then painted brown, the same as the under…
Upper denture made of vulcanized rubber set on a silver aluminum base with plastic teeth; denture is a near complete set of teeth, only missing the canines which have been removed; the front of the gums are painted pink until the second molar where they are then painted brown, the same as the underside of the palate; the front teeth are held in place using brown metal posts
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1950
1960
circa 1950-1960
Date Remarks
Date based on research and similar artefacts in collection
Material
metal: silver, brown, pink
plastic: cream
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B
Dimension Notes
Length 6.3 cm x Width 5.2 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Shows signs of use; teeth are discoloured along the gum line
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
"British Dental Association Museum" website; similar to 010.020.501; 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