Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020564
Description
Set of upper and lower dentures fabricated from pink plastic and ivory coloured plastic teeth set into a 1.5 cm thick white plaster triangular shaped base, carved to various thicknesses to permit the full lower denture to show; handwritten patients name and date on base back.
Set of upper and lower dentures fabricated from pink plastic and ivory coloured plastic teeth set into a 1.5 cm thick white plaster triangular shaped base, carved to various thicknesses to permit the full lower denture to show; handwritten patients name and date on base back.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa); original donor was dentist Dr. Oskar Sykora of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dates
1985
circa 1985
Date Remarks
Written on item
Material
plaster: white
plastic: pink, white
ink: black
Inscriptions
"BASSY '85"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B2-12 Row C
Dimension Notes
Length 7.2 cm x Width 6.1 cm x 4.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
Dr. Sykora; CD #5
Research Facts
This group of 25 denture teaching models were in a box marked "Unsatisfactory Cases" by original donor, Dr. Sykora. Apparently ill fitting dentures were turned into teaching models. As a group, the dentures provide an interesting study on mouth shapes and mouth roof types. 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.