Denture
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.291116.004
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 385142
label: catalog number
content: 291116.004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: plate, denture, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm