Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020567
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; dentures imbedded into plaster; silver metal hooks and shaped plate visible from attaching to patients original lower incisors; patients anme a…
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; dentures imbedded into plaster; silver metal hooks and shaped plate visible from attaching to patients original lower incisors; patients anme and date handwritten on base.
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
1983
circa 1983
Date Remarks
Printed on item
Material
plaster: white
plastic: pink, white
metal: silver
ink: black
Inscriptions
"1983 // NIMCHONIK"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B2-12 Row C
Dimension Notes
Length 6.8 cm x Width 6.0 cm x 4.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. Sykora
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.