Dental Plate and Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for William Ballard, “Improvement in Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 51,001 (Nov. 21, 1865). William Ballard lived in Brooklyn. His invention involved hard rubber or vulcanite plates for artificial teeth.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.013
label: patent number
content: 51001
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.013
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm