In 1989, the dental exhibition room was opened in Faculty of Dentistry, TMDU on the initiative of Prof. MIURA Fujio.Since 1983, many historical materials of dentistry have been collected with the cooperation of many persons concerned. Prof. OGURA Hideaki, Prof. MOTOYAMA Sataro and many other collaborators had been actively involved in this undertaking. In 2003, at the 15th anniversary of its foundation, Prof. ETO Kazuhiro planned to enlarge this exhibition room as the dental museum available to everyone who is interested in dentistry. For this purpose, its collections were rearranged under the leadership of Prof. HASEGAWA Shigeo. He spent about one year in adding new storage and display cases and putting the stored materials in order. At last, the project was completed in 2005. In 2020, the entire renovation was carried out for the first time in 15 years, thanks to the efforts of everyone including the Administrative Division of the Faculty of Dentistry. The stored collections include a lot of historically valuable and interesting inheritances, such as a unique wooden dowel crown in existence, from which we can catch a glimpse of the historical transition of dentistry. We are grateful for your kind cooperation to improve the dental museum.
Wooden Dowel Crown (YOKOYAMA Denzo II or III)
MOTOYAMA Sataro Collection
(1780-1868年)
The only existing wooden dowel crown in the world. The tooth crown was made of boxwood and the dowel was made of deutzia (plant). This dowel crown was maintained by the cubical expansion of wood by water absorption.
Wood Plate Denture (YOKOYAMA Denzo II)
MOTOYAMA Sataro Collection
(1780-1868)
Denture base was made of boxwood and artificial teeth were made of cow teeth. The ringformed portion of the upper denture base and the remaining tooth were effective to retention of this denture.
Colored Woodblock Prints
Bunsaimochi Gogyokin
KATSUKAWA Shunei
(1810)
Bijin Juyo
KITAGAWA Utamaro
(1789-1801)
One of ten pose of a beautiful woman. She is putting rouge after Ohaguro.
Complete Ohaguro Kit
(1850-1867)
Artificial Porcelain teeth for Ohaguro
Gysi Simplex Articulator
This is the mean value articulator based on Gysi's axis theory.
Monson Articulator
The non-condylar path articulator that realized Monson’s 4 inches spherical theory.
Gray Kaibo Kunmo
(1876)
Translation of Henry Gray's English anatomical textbook retention of this denture.
Hoshi Shinron
TAKAYAMA Kisai
(1881)
The oldest Japanese dental textbook written by TAKAYAMA Kisai（The founder of Tokyo Dental college）
