Dental Instruments: Past and Present

Date: 04/03/2018

Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location
Health Sciences Library

Description

Please join Stony Brook University Libraries as we celebrate the launch of an online exhibit inspired by, Dental Instruments: Past and Present, currently on display in the Health Sciences Library. 

The exhibit includes text, images, and objects on loan from the Dr. Sherman Mills Collection, the Dr. Baer Collection (held by the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine), the collection of Allan Kucine, DDS, and the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, as well as a copy of The long climb: From barber-surgeons to doctors of dental surgery, donated by the author, Philias Garant, DDS, Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine.

This event will provide an opportunity for visitors to experience the physical display while exploring the digitized images and complementary text of the interactive online exhibit. The launch will feature a lecture by Dr. Andrew Spielman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, NYU School of Dentistry.

The full event is from 4:00pm – 6:00pm in the Health Sciences Center, 3rd Floor Galleria

4:00pm – 5:00pm: The Peer Review of Pierre Fauchard’s “Le Chirurgien Dentist” 1728 Book – By Dr. Andrew Spielman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs NYU School of Dentistry

5:00pm – 6:00pm: Visit to exhibit following lecture

Light refreshments will be served.

Developed resources reported in this project are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012342 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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