Dentimeter
notes: label: Description
content: Dentimeters are used to measure the circumference of a tooth or crown. This example was designed by Edward Cameron Kirk (1856-1933), a professor of in the School of Dentistry at the University of Pennsylavnia.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Exact Dentimeter Designed by Edward C. Kirk,” Dental Cosmos 45 (1903): advertising section p. 26.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Edward C. Kirk,” New York Times (July 21, 1933), p. 17.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.124.01
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.124.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dentimeter
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; .635 cm x .635 cm x 13.97 cm