Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020602
Description
Single ended silver metal dental scaler with cylindrical faceted handle with tight lines in each facet raised design and short thin angled hook on end.
Single ended silver metal dental scaler with cylindrical faceted handle with tight lines in each facet raised design and short thin angled hook on end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Etched on handle: "MADE BY S.S. WHITE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SWS 8 80 3 9 L W REV 8"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-5
Dimension Notes
Length 15.2 cm x Width 0.5 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"S. S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-F”, S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., October 1916, p. 16.
Research Facts
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; instrument identified through comparisons with dental instruments in the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co. Catelog. The instrument resembles the "ordinary hoes" produced by that company. According to that catelog this instrument was used primarily as a cutting tool.