This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the BDA of any product or service, nor in any use associated with any political opinio

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This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the BDA of any product or service, nor in any use associated with any political opinion, activity or in any advocacy that conflicts with the BDA's scientific policies. George Harrington's first clockwork dental drill in a silver plated veneered box. Invented in 1864, it had interchangeable drill heads and was operated by a spring-wound mechanism wound with a key.

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