Accession No
2522
Brief Description
dental scaler [assumed], mid-19th Century
Origin
Maker
Class
medical
Earliest Date
1825
Latest Date
1875
Inscription Date
Material
metal (steel); ivory
Dimensions
length 179mm; breadth 29mm; diameter of handle 22mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Inscription
Description Notes
Steel with ivory handle (cracked). Straight shaft with turned decoration. Flat hammer head with five bevelled sides and point
References
Events
Description
This type of instrument would often come in a set of other instruments used in dentistry during the 18th Century most commonly referred to as dental hygeine sets. Other items would have included togue scrapers and tooth picks.
Before this type of dentistry emerged extraction was usually the only option. The teeth could be kept clean by regular scraping.
FM:40880
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