Single ended silver metal dental scaler with smooth cylindrical faceted handle missing complete tip.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Dates
1960
1990
circa 1960-1990
Date Remarks
Date range provided by donor
Material
metal: grey
Inscriptions
Etched on handle: "22"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-5
Dimension Notes
Length 12.7 cm x Width 0.3 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Shows wear, missing tip
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"S. S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-F”, S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., October 1916, 6.
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 as a dental scaler through comparisons with dental instruments in the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co. Catelog.