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Dental Molds - Silver, circa 1910
Reg. No: SH 850035
- Summary:
- Box containing 40 silver dental molds used at a metal health hospital Lakeside Mental Hospital Ballarat Victoria Australia circa 1910. Dental molds were used to make an impression of a patients teeth in order to make a customised dental replacement.
- Description:
- Molds of teeth consisting of the outer surface and inner side. Molds of teeth in metal and silver-plated. Numbered in oblong shape purple velvet lined cardboard box, with wooden sides and base.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Lakeside Mental Hospital, Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 26.50 cm (Height), 1.50 cm (Width), 18.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | hospitals, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric services |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Dentistry |
| Tertiary Classification: | dental prosthetics |
| Inscriptions: | Engraved 1 to 40 at top of each one. |
| Place & Date Used: | Lakeside Mental Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910 |
| References: | Note : in Museum |
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