Dental Plate and Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for William Ballard, “Improvement in Dentistry,” U.S. Patent 52,012 (Jan. 16, 1866). The patent illustration termed this “Cells for Dental Plates” designed “to make it relatively easy to retain the teeth in the mouth.” The patent illustration termed it “Cells for Dental Plates.”
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.291116.007
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 52012
label: catalog number
content: 291116.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: denture, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm