Dental Electrode

Dental Electrode

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Description
Electrode for bleaching teeth devised by Weston A. Price (1870-1948), a dentist who worked in Cleveland.
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.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
electrode
Other Terms
Dentistry
Measurements
overall: 5/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.5575 cm x 2.8575 cm
ID Number
MG.M-10660
catalog number
M-10660
accession number
254077
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. O. Pierson
subject
Dr. C. Edmund Kells Collection
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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