Dental Cast
notes: label: Description
content: Model of lower jaw and teeth of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Alfred W. Chandler (1890-1978), the donor, was a dentist who spent his career with the U.S. Navy, rising eventually to the rank of Rear Admiral. Having recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Chandler enlisted in the Navy in 1917, a week after the United States joined World War I. He attended the first dental officer class at the Naval Dental School in 1923. He served as the Chief of the United States Navy Dental Corps from 1946 to 1948, and as dentist to several American presidents.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rear Admiral Alfred W. Chandler, D.C., USN (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10461
label: catalog number
content: M-10461
label: accession number
content: 249413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Casts, Tooth
label: Object Name
content: cast, tooth
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Casts, Tooth; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.0325 cm