HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: MANDIBLE DISSECTED TO SHOW IMPACTED THIRD MOLAR

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology. The image featured on this issue shows the right half of a mandible dissected to show the roots of the teeth and an impacted third molar (RCSOM/E 21.7). A piece of wire has been inserted into the mandibular canal to show the relationship of the impacted tooth to the inferior alveolar nerve. The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: DENTAL ARCADE SHOWING MISPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT CANINE

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue shows a full dental arcade with a misplaced right canine erupted within the palate (RCSOM/E 14.3). The deciduous right canine has been retained which might have encouraged the misplacement.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: PLASTER CASTS SHOWING SUPERNUMERARY TEETHThe cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.The image featured on this issue shows plaster casts of the upper and lower jaws of an individual with supernumerary teeth (RCSOM/C 21.2). There are supernumerary first and second incisors, canines and first premolars on both sides of the maxilla and mandible.The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: DENTAL MODIFICATION TO THE MAXILLARY DENTITION

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue shows the skull of an adult male with intentional dental modification (RCSOM/D 32.97). The surfaces of the maxillary teeth have been purposefully filed into diamond-shaped enamel reliefs.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: PARTIAL UPPER DENTURE WORN BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue is a gold and mineral upper denture designed for Sir Winston Churchill by Wilfred Fish (RCSOM/K 20.9), c. 1941. Churchill’s dentures were crafted to maintain rather than correct his famous lisp.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: SKULL OF A PIRANHA

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue is the skull of a piranha donated by former Odontological Museum Curator Sir J. Frank Colyer (RCSOM/A 474.41). Piranha teeth are typically triangular and interlock via small cusps. Despite their fearsome, sharp teeth, the threat posed to humans by piranhas has been exaggerated.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIA MUSEUM SERIES: SKULL OF A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD SHOWING DEVELOPING DENTITION

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue shows the skull of a 5-year-old child with bone removed to show unerupted permanent teeth (RCSOM/E 22.7). Originally lent by Victorian dental surgeon Sir John Tomes (1815-1895), this skull was first recorded in the Odontological Museum catalogue in 1882.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: PORCELAIN DENTURES FROM 1796

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue is a set of dentures manufactured in 1796 (RCSOM/K 1.1). Nicholas Dubois de Chémant was granted the first British patent for artificial porcelain dentures in 1791.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: PHOSSY JAW

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue shows a mandible with extensive necrosis of the bone caused by exposure to phosphorous vapours (RCSOM/F 19.6). Although the cause of ‘phossy jaw’ was recognised early on, legislation banning the use of white phosphorous in match factories was not enacted until 1910.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: MOLAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WITH CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue is a mulberry molar (RCSOM/D 33.633) – a condition usually associated with congenital syphilis. The Collection contains a number of specimens of teeth showing deformities caused by congenital syphilis which will be on view as a part of the Beryl Murray Davies Dental Pathology Display from April 2014.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday. Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: SKULL WITH ABSCESS IN LEFT MAXILLA

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue shows a skull with a large abscess of the left maxilla (RCSOM/D 104.32). The infection has destroyed part of the hard palate as well as damaging the upper and lower jaws.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: WILD BOAR SKULL WITH ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE MANDIBLE

The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.

The image featured on this issue is of a wild boar skull affected by actinomycosis of the anterior mandible (RCSOM/G 51.7 in the collection). This skull is one of the most iconic specimens in the collection.

The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.

Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.