Electrode for bleaching teeth devised by Weston A. Price (1870-1948), a dentist in Cleveland, Ohio. This came from the office of Charles Edmund Kells (1856-1928), an innovative dentist in New Orleans.
Ref: “Famed Research Dentist Dies of Heart Ailment,” Los Angeles Times (Jan. 24, 1948), p. A5.
“Dr. Weston A. Price,” New York Times (Jan. 24, 1948), p. 15.
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