Orthodontic Retainer
date: label: date made
content: about 2010
notes: label: Description
content: The Hawley removable orthodontic retainer was developed about 1919 by Dr. Charles Augustus Hawley (1861-1929), a graduate of the University of Michigan Dental School and the Angle School of Orthodontia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Dentistry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thomas Perich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0264.01
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0264.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0264
objectType: label: Object Name
content: orthodontic retainer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: retainerl: 1.6 cm x 6 cm x 4.5 cm; 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 3.3 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 1 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in