Angle's Orthodontic Appliance
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the lid of this cardboard box reads “SET No. 1 / Angle’s Regulating and Retaining Appliance / PAT. MARCH 5TH 1889.” Dr. Edward Hartley Angle (1855-1930) was a dentist widely considered the “father of American orthodontics.” At the time of this invention, he was serving as Professor of Histology and Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy and Orthodontia in the Dental Department of the University of Minnesota.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward H. Angle, “Dental Tooth Regulating Screw,” U.S. Patent 399,177 (March 5, 1889).
label: Description
content: L. P. Haskell, Student’s Manual of Mechanical Dentistry (Philadelphia, 1890), pp. 67-89.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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-09113
label: catalog number
content: M-09113
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Appliance, Retaining, Orthodontic
label: Object Name
content: retaining appliance set, orthodontic
label: Object Name
content: dental device set
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Appliance, Retaining, Orthodontic; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.6675 cm