Twelve dental hygiene tools in their case. These are made from steel with ivory handles and date from around 1830, England. The first dental tool manu

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Twelve dental hygiene tools in their case. These are made from steel with ivory handles and date from around 1830, England. The first dental tool manufacturing company was established in England in 1820 by Claudius Ash. The nineteenth century was a period of rapid advancement in dentistry.

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