Dental Plate and Teeth
Dental Plate and Teeth
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- Description
- Patent model for John L. Newell, “Casting Artificial Tooth Plates by the Electrotype Process,” U.S. Patent 15,706 (September 9, 1856).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Denture, Gold
- dentures
- denture
- dental device
- Other Terms
- Denture, Gold; Dentistry
- Physical Description
- metal, gold (overall material)
- porcelain (overall material)
- plaster (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.0325 cm
- overall: 5 cm x 5.8 cm x 5.5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 3/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.291116.016
- accession number
- 291116
- patent number
- 15,706
- 015706
- catalog number
- 291116.016
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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