Gypsum models of teeth

Maker
Charles Harold Down (b.1890, d.1965)
Date
Circa 1920-Circa 1930
 Description
Large, plaster (gypsum) models of teeth showing cavity preparation.

Professor Harold Down, known to generations of the profession as "fluff" was the first lecturuer in conservative dettal surgery, at the Dental College retiring in 1960. He developed a technique for the production of large scale teaching models with which he demonstarted the black system of cavity classification. This example is one of a complex set that was exhibited in the college a 193 Spring St.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1920-Circa 1930
Medium
brass, gypsum, wood
Measurements
6.5 x 43 x 9.5 cm (class 1 models)
6.5 x 38.5 x 9 cm (class 2 models)
Accession Number
HFA824
Credit Line
courtesy of The Australian College of Dentistry
Object Type
models
Named Collection
Charles Harold Down Teaching Models
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
History
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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