Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Dental instruments
Classification
Dental
Dental Instruments
Accession Number
010020507
Description
Dental elevator with dark brown turned wooden handle with a bulbous end; handle is attached to a silver metal shaft which is also turned; shaft bends slightly to one side towards the end to form a scooped tip.
Dental elevator with dark brown turned wooden handle with a bulbous end; handle is attached to a silver metal shaft which is also turned; shaft bends slightly to one side towards the end to form a scooped tip.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1900
1910
circa 1900-1910
Date Remarks
Date based on donor's remarks
Material
metal: silver
wood: brown
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-6
Dimension Notes
Length 14.5 cm x Width 2.4 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Shows signs of use; metal is tarnished; wooden handle is cracked in a number of places.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"The American Heritage Medical Dictionary" 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; an elevator was used by dentists to remove teeth or parts of teeth that could not be gripped by using a pair of forceps, or it could be used to loosen teeth and roots before using forceps