Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Dental instruments
Classification
Dental
Dental Instruments
Accession Number
010020510
Description
Dental elevator with a light brown wooden handle that tapers towards a metal shaft; the metal shaft tapers and bends to one side forming an L and is rounded at the tip.
Dental elevator with a light brown wooden handle that tapers towards a metal shaft; the metal shaft tapers and bends to one side forming an L and is rounded at the tip.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Handle shows signs of wear and is cracked at the top; metal is tarnished.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Internet
Reference Comments
"The American Heritage Medical Dictionary" website; "S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-D," S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1916, p. 15 (similar to model #20A)
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