Dental Plate and Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for William P. Hall, “Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 178,143, (May 30, 1876). William P. Hall (1822-1909), a dentist in Piqua, Ohio, devised a method of attaching porcelain teeth to a celluloid or rubber plate.
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.291116.076
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 178143
label: catalog number
content: 291116.076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: denture, set, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device, set
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: denture: 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 4.7625 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: artificial teeth: 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.2075 cm x 3.4925 cm