Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020512
Description
Dental root elevator with black ebony handle; handle has round bulbous end which tapers and attaches to a silver metal stem; the metal stem tapers and ends with a conical screw.
Dental root elevator with black ebony handle; handle has round bulbous end which tapers and attaches to a silver metal stem; the metal stem tapers and ends with a conical screw.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Metal is tarnished; wooden handle is cracked where it meets the metal.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"Dentalblogs.com - Root Tip Remover" 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; a dentist would use a root tip remover to screw down into the remaining root tip that did not either come out in the original extraction, or was all that remained of a rotten or broken tooth