Denture

Description:

Patent model for James F. Sargent, “Dental Plate,” U.S. Patent 385,142 (June 26, 1885). Sargent, who lived in Manchester, N.H., devised a perforated sheet metal dental plate that would ventilate the gums.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.291116.004Accession Number: 291116Patent Number: 385142Catalog Number: 291116.004

Object Name: denturedenturesplate, denture, patent modeldental deviceOther Terms: Dentistry

Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8307-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_728937

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