Vintage Dentistry Teeth Shade Guide Set — Dentacryl & Sevriton, 1950s

Two complete vintage tooth shade guide sets — one by Sevriton and one by Dentacryl — dating from the 1950s. Shade guides were an essential tool in restorative dentistry: used by dentists and dental technicians to match the colour of artificial teeth (crowns, bridges, dentures) as closely as possible to the patient's natural teeth. Each set contains a fan of individually numbered tooth-coloured samples spanning the natural range of human dentition.

A genuinely fascinating object — visually striking, historically interesting, and with obvious appeal for collectors, assemblage artists, and shadow box projects.

Condition

• Completeness: Two sets included — Sevriton and Dentacryl.
• Cosmetic: Both sets in good condition with some minor age-related marks, nothing major.

Provenance

• Makers: Sevriton and Dentacryl — both British dental materials brands active in the mid-20th century. Sevriton was a well-known dental filling and restorative material brand; Dentacryl produced acrylic dental materials.
• Item: Tooth shade guide sets — used to select the correct tooth colour when fabricating crowns, bridges, or dentures, ensuring the artificial tooth blended naturally with the patient's existing teeth.
• Era: 1950s — the decade when acrylic resins largely replaced vulcanite and porcelain in British dental prosthetics, making shade matching increasingly important.
• Appeal: Equally at home in a dental history collection, a curiosity cabinet, or as raw material for assemblage art and shadow box compositions — the individual tooth samples have a striking, almost surreal visual quality.