Dental Bite Check
notes: label: Description
content: The Hickok Bite Check was developed by Leon C. Hickok (1892-1959) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, manufactured by Hickok Specialties Co., and said to be the “only scientifically-constructed mechanical device which prevents incorrect bite registration.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Leon C. Hickok, “Dental Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 1,613,659 (Jan. 11, 1927).
label: Description
content: Leon C. Hickok, “Dentist’s Bite Check Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 1,738,143 (Dec. 3, 1929).
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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09285
label: catalog number
content: M-09285
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Bite Check, Orthodontic
label: Object Name
content: bite check, orthodontic, set
label: Object Name
content: dental device, set
label: Other Terms
content: Kit, Bite Check, Orthodontic; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 33.655 cm x 13.335 cm