Six dental instruments
- Made:
- 1760-1800
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseSix dental instruments
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Six dental instruments, probably for use in binding a false tooth to natural neighbours in the mouth by means of silk thread, English, late 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Dentistry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A48791
- Materials:
- handles, ivory and heads, steel
- Measurements:
-
4: length 138 mm
handle, 4: length 98 mm
handle, 4: diameter 5 mm
2: length 120 mm
handle, 2: length 85 mm
2: width 26 mm
- type:
- dental instrument sets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
