Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | Education

Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 8344 9935

Address: 720 Swanston Street 3053 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://henryformanatkinsondentalmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 Dental hive mind! Can anyone identify this hand tool?

25.01.2022 We have a new mystery object! What do you think these are?

24.01.2022 From the Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne.

23.01.2022 The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne is helping asylum seekers http://bitemagazine.com.au/refuge-dentistry/

22.01.2022 We are open and holding tours this Sunday, 20 August for University of Melbourne Open Day! The museum will be open from 10am to 4pm, and tours will be held at 11.30am and 12pm. Other museums and collections at the university are also open on Sunday: Medical History Museum... Brownless Biomedical Library, Level 2 Tours at 10.30am, 1pm and 3pm Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology Medical Building, Level 3 Open from 10am to 4pm Grainger Museum Royal Parade Tours at 1pm and 2pm Noel Shaw Gallery Baillieu Library, Level 1 Open from 10am to 4pm Arts West Gallery, Arts of Engagement exhibition Ground Floor Open from 10am to 4pm Tiegs Zoology Museum Biosciences 4, Level 1 Open from 11am to 3pm, tours at 12pm and 2pm

21.01.2022 Our last mystery object was revealed so quickly that we had to find a new one! Do you know what this is?

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Laureate Professor Eric Reynolds AO on winning the 2017 Prime Ministers Prize for Innovation!

20.01.2022 There's a new mystery object on display at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne! If you know what it is, post your answers here....

19.01.2022 Some people might still be on holidays, but the Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum isn't! We are open from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays, on the ground floor of the Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne. Come and see the illustrated history of dentistry and the recreated 19th century dental surgery.

19.01.2022 Dental technolgy in China is in the news...

19.01.2022 Here is the final mystery object for 2017. Something to ponder during the summer holiday!

19.01.2022 The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum has many dental extraction instruments in its collection, from early to contemporary dentistry. Featured here is a replica dental pelican, bone-holding forceps and two different dental extracting keys. These and other gruesome objects can be seen alongside the dental cartoons still showing at the Medical History Museum as part of the 'It's a Gas!' exhibition, on until 17 December.

18.01.2022 After a temporary closure, the Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum recently re-opened its newly refurbished permanent exhibition space. Amongst the changes are freshly painted walls, a timeline of the history of dentistry, and collection objects illustrating the themes of dentures, early dentistry, conservative dentistry, dentistry in World War I, teaching, outreach and innovation. Here are some photos but come and see the real thing between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

18.01.2022 Dentists, and more importantly their patients, judge the success of dentures on comfort, good looks and how well they work. This kind of win-win outcome doesnt... just happen. Its dependent on great skill, the best design, and the highest standards of clinical care. Today, 20 dentists from Victoria and beyond are further honing their denture dexterity by attending Removable Prosthodontics: A Refresher, one of Melbourne Dental Schools full program of continuous professional development (CPD) courses, including lectures and hands-on work in new, state of the art labs led by at-the-top-of-their game Drs: Gaurika Sud, Jaafar Abduo, Vahed Parzham, and Hadeel Ibrahim. Discerning dentists looking to complete their annual 30-hours of CPD can check out MDSs 2018 program here: https://goo.gl/oFdpde.

18.01.2022 And our mystery object is....Young's adjustable perforators. These were used for punching double holes when making denture plates. This example was made in around 1900, and created evenly spaced pin positions in the plate.

17.01.2022 University of Melbourne Open Day is on this Sunday 19 August. The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum will be open from 10am to 4pm and a tour of the permanent collection display will take place at 11.30am. Come along and see what we do! https://henryformanatkinsondentalmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/

16.01.2022 University of Melbourne Open Day 2016 is on Sunday 21 August - that's next weekend! See the newly refurbished Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum from 10am until 4pm, with guided tours at 11.30am and 12pm. Below is an image of one of the collection items on display: a model of cavity preparation showing inlays presented to John Iliffe, founder of the Australian Dental Association of Victoria.

14.01.2022 As you may have noticed, the exhibition 'It's a Gas! Dentistry & Cartoons' is still on at the Medical History Museum; it has been extended to the 29th October. So you have another chance to laugh at images such as this one, created by Colin Robertson and published in The Bulletin on 12 September 1952.

14.01.2022 Welcome to semester 2, Dentistry students! Here is a photograph of 5th year Dental Science students at the University of Melbourne in 1982. Perhaps there are some recognisable faces...

13.01.2022 https://www.ada.org.au//Make-the-call-for-clearer-sugar-la

13.01.2022 As we mourn the lives lost and send our thoughts to the injured in the attacks in Westminster, we also pay tribute to London's contribution to dental heritage. https://www.bda.org/museum

11.01.2022 The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum recently re-opened its newly refurbished permanent exhibition space with a launch on Wednesday 26 October. Professor Mike Morgan, Head of the Melbourne Dental School, opened the event and guests included family members of the late Professor Henry Forman Atkinson. Neville Regan was presented with an award for volunteering at the museum since the mid-1990s. Jacqueline Healy, Senior Curator, HFA Dental museum thanked all the academics and... students who had contributed to the redevelopment of the museum. Amongst the changes to the Museum are an orange colour scheme, a timeline of the history of dentistry, and collection objects and didactic panels illustrating the themes of innovation, outreach, dentistry in World War 1, early dentistry, women in dentistry, tooth care and dentures. Photos are courtesy of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Events.

10.01.2022 Here is our latest mystery object. Do you know its full name?

10.01.2022 Halloween might be over but here is a warning from a very talented dentist!

09.01.2022 We have not received any guesses about the identity of the mystery object currently on display, so here is a clue: it is used in the making of denture plates.

09.01.2022 Bite Magazine is an online and print publication about all things dental in Australia. http://bitemagazine.com.au/

08.01.2022 Good news! The 'It's a Gas! Dentistry & Cartoons' exhibition will be staying up at the Medical History Museum until Sat 17 December. So you have more time to come in for a laugh....

06.01.2022 Happy new year! The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum is open after a break, so come down between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday and learn about our dental history...

05.01.2022 We have a new mystery object on display on the ground floor of the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. What do you think this is?

04.01.2022 Our new display in the foyer of the Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne is interactive: we will regularly present a 'mystery object' in one of the wall mounted cabinets. Guess what the object is by posting your answer on this page!

03.01.2022 There is a new mystery object on display on the ground floor of the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. Can you guess what it is?