Journal of Dental Research, Vol 65, 123-124, Copyright © 1986 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals
Establishment of a large collection of extracted teeth for research
N. G. Jablonski, L. E. Quackenbush, S. L. Lee, A. Dimmer, J. J. McKenna, D. F. McDonald, C. E. Renson and R. W. Fearnhead
A collection of over 14,000 teeth extracted at the Prince Philip Dental
Hospital since 1982 has been organized and catalogued on a computerized
database management system. The computer catalogue provides, for each tooth
in the collection, information on the age and sex of the patient, and the
date of extraction and condition of the tooth. The catalogue can be
searched according to any combination of the descriptive variables in the
database record. Researchers, including visiting scientists, can borrow
teeth from the central "tooth library" on a temporary or permanent basis.
Further information on particular teeth (e.g. patient's medical and dental
histories, dental radiographs) can be obtained from patients' charts.
Establishment of this collection has greatly facilitated the work of
researchers in clinical dentistry, dental anatomy, and dental anthropology.
