Preparation of Dental Fillings

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Title

Preparation of Dental Fillings

Subject

Harvard University. Dental School. Museum
Tooth
Dentistry
human remains

Description

Another student piece illustrates the various techniques and compounds which could be used for filling teeth. There are twenty-nine dental preparations in a glass dome on a wooden base. The teeth are mounted on two gold arches.

Abstract

Preparation of dental fillings, submitted as student work by Frank Ellsworth Sprague

Creator

Sprague, Frank Ellsworth

Date Created

1887

Rights

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Access Rights

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Is Part Of

Warren Anatomical Museum (WAM TEMP00493)

Format

image

Extent

29 dental preparations

Medium

tooth, wood, glass

Type

physical object

Identifier

WAM TEMP00493
DigID0002320

Provenance

The teeth used in this preparation likely originated from at least two individual subjects. After submitting it as requirement of graduation, Dr. Frank Ellsworth Sprague gifted the completed preparation to the Harvard Dental School Museum in 1887.

The Harvard Dental Museum was part of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine from 1868 to 1940. Components of the Harvard Dental Museum, including these teeth, presumably came to the Countway Library with the Dental School's library collection in 1965.

Files

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/file_upload/0002320_dref.jpg

Citation

Sprague, Frank Ellsworth, “Preparation of Dental Fillings,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6501.