Includes the catalogues of the major manufacturers and suppliers of dental equipment from the 1880s together with texts from earlier dates. In addition are the catalogues from specialist makers who supplied a limited range of either instruments or equipment, together with pamphlets on maintenance and installation.

Includes Scalpels, Elevators, Pelicans, Keys (extraction), Forceps extraction, Forceps cutting and splitting, Forceps dressing, Surgical Instruments boxed and in rolls, Syringes hypodermic, glass, metal, Needles hypodermic, Needles suture, Holders needle.

General Note on Extracting Forceps

Because of the difficulties in describing the complex shapes of extracting forceps, the manufacturers over came the problem by using catalogues with full size numbered illustrations of each instrument. By common agreement each maker used the same numbering system, the only difference being in the size and quality of the illustration in their catalogues. In the on-line catalogue, descriptions are brief and are made viewing the forceps lying on a flat surface with the handle towards the operator. Left and right refer to the patient’s, as do ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ for the appropriate jaw. Three types of joint are mentioned in the catalogue, ‘simple’ in which the two arms are held together by a rivet or screw, ‘pin’ generally for lower forceps where during the forging process, one arm was made to pass through the other and is secured by a pin, and ‘box’ a superior type of pin which gives an excellent and long-lasting instrument. For the identification of an instrument reference should be made to the catalogues. See the Bibliography for manufacturer’s and catalogue details.

Includes Hand instruments, Black's instruments, Files, Excavators, Tweezers, Holders, Drills, Handpieces, Syringes, and Boxed Sets, Endodontic, Periodontal and Orthodontic instruments.

Includes Articulators, Face bows, Impression trays, Mould and Shade guides, Calipers, Tweezers, Bite gauges, Syringes.

Includes Dental engines, Phantoms, Furnaces, Porcelain outfits, Blow pipes, Blow torches, Foot bellows, Tools, Pliers, Artificial Teeth, Casting Machines, Furnaces.

Includes Lantern slides, Films, Anatomical models, Drawings.

Includes Instruments and equipment made for specific projects, Drawings, Microscope slides, Specimens and Models, Catalogues.

Includes Dental Chairs, Dental Units, Stools, Dental cabinets, X-ray machines, Dental Engines.

Includes products, excluding drugs, used in the practice of dentistry. Impression Compounds, Filling materials, Plastics, Rubber, Gypsum products, Precious metals, Mercury, Amalgam.

Includes objects relating to people and events, certificates, wall plaques, plans of old and existing dental hospitals and schools, some records, specific patient records, Student and Staff memorabilia.

Includes People, buildings, objects, events, equipment.