Vintage Dental Instrument Set
- Title
- Vintage Dental Instrument Set
- Rights
- Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Vu Tien Dat
- Type
- Metal tools set
- Creator
- Vu Tien Dat
- Date
- 1975-1979
- Description
- Set of 4 metal dental instruments. The set belongs to Dr. Vu Tien Dat, a dentist and former Major who had served in the General Staff of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and the Republic of Vietnam. He was able to carry these tools with him when he was interned in a re-education camp in 1975 and used them to help his fellow prisoners for the four years he was imprisoned. He was later relocated to the USA and went on to use the tools in his dentist practice, which inspired his grand-daughter to become a dentist as well.
- Format
- 4 metal dental tools, each approx. 15 cm long.
- Place
- Long Giao, Suoi Mau and Bu Gia Map prison camps
- Item sets
- Vu Tien Dat
Part of Vintage Dental Instrument Set