| Reference Number | READ/126 |
| Title | Stopping Instrument |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Stopping instrument, a dental tool consisting of an ivory handle with a fitted metal tip ending in a star-shaped, toothed point. A flax thread ties a second, smaller metal tip to the instrument. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 135mm x 10mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Dental Instruments |
| Term | Dentistry, Operative -- Instrumentation |