Dental Plate
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Jeremiah Albert Robinson, “Dental Plate,” U.S. Patent 263,588 (Aug. 29, 1882). The plate is composed of a metal and a plastic material. Robinson (1812-1896), a prominent surgeon dentist in Jackson, Michigan, suggested that the University of Michigan establish a Chair of Dentistry, and indeed a full dental school.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.291116.008
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 263588
label: catalog number
content: 291116.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: dental plate, patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 4.7625 cm x 6.0325 cm