Typodent, Begg Orthodontic Treatment Technique, Exhibit B - Stage 1
name: label: inventor
content: Begg, P. Raymond
notes: label: Description
content: A typodont is an educational tool for dental and hygienist students. This example demonstrates a mechanism for treatment of malocclusions developed by Percy Raymond Begg (1898-1983), a prominent orthodontist in Australia and a student of Dr. Edward Angle, a pioneering American orthodontist.
label: Description
content: This typodent is the second of four models demonstrating the steps in Begg's technique for the treatment of a Class II, Division I (Angle) malocclusion of the teeth. The typodents were prepared by Dr. Robert A. Rocke for treatment by Drs. Harold H. Kesling, Robert A. Rocke, David H. Kesling, and Peter C. Kesling at the Kesling & Rocke Orthodontic Group, LaPorte, Indiana.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dentistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. P. Raymond Begg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11430.02
label: catalog number
content: M-11430.02
label: accession number
content: 261152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typodent
label: Object Name
content: dental device
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.4775 cm