Denture
date: label: associated dates
content: 1864 05 31 / 1864 05 31
notes: label: Description
content: Upper denture with gold plate and 14 porcelain teeth. This is the patent model for John Johnson, “Improvement in Dentistry,” U.S. Patent 43,588 (July 19, 1864). Johnson lived in Saco, Me. His improvement involved a metal plate for the dentures.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
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.291116.017
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 42,933
label: patent number
content: 042933
label: catalog number
content: 291116.017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Denture, Gold
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Denture, Gold; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vulcanite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm