Aschers artificial enamel
notes: label: Description
content: Hugo Ascher (1859-1022) was a Jew from Pomerania who studied at the Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and established a dental practice in Berlin. He also developed and manufactured Ascher’s Artificial Enamel. One of the first commercial prosthetic dental materials, it was introduced to market in 1904, and available in the United States by 1905. This is a guide to the available colors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08889
label: catalog number
content: M-08889
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: color guide
label: Object Name
content: shade guide
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; .635 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm