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OBJECT TYPE: hand held/electrical current
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0477.004

MANUFACTURER: Burton Mfg. Co. Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic (possibly bakelite) unit and connector end with synthetic cord covering and metal collars, wire and connections

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Dentistry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Burton
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Allows the user to control the amount of electrical current is used when testing the vitality of tooth pulp with a vitalometer.
Technical: VITALOMETER PULP TESTER WAS A HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT USED TO STIMULATE THE PULP OF TEETH. IF THE TOOTH WAS VITAL (HEALTHY), A TINGLING SENSATION OR WARMTH WOULD BE FELT BY THE PATIENT WHEN THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE ELECTRODE, WHICH WAS PLACED DIRECTLY ON THE TOOTH. IF THE TOOTH IS NONVITAL, NO SENSATION WILL BE FELT/ THE ELECTRODE IS PLACED ON THE TOOTH, THE VITALOMETER INDICATOR IS MOVED UPWARD FROM 0, & THE PATIENT SIGNALS WHEN A RESPONSE IS FELT (TORRES, PP.492-495).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black controller with silver-coloured metal connectors and off-white numbers. There is a brown synthetic covered cord attached with a silver-coloured metal collar.
Decoration: N/A

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Burton Mfg. Co. Inc., Controller, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.0477, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0477.004/

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