Museum of Odontology

School of Odontology of the University of Buenos Aires
Marcelo T. de Alvear 2142 - 1st Floor
Tel. 4961-9643
Open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Holidays: January, February and winter holidays

This museum is considered one of the most important of its kind in Latin America. It was created in 1980, after several frustrated attempts.
In 1977, Professor Orestes Walter Sciutti initiated it from his chair of Dental Surgical Techniques in the School of Odontology, on the basis of the collection assembled by his father, Dr Orestes José Sciutti, which amounted to approximately 400 pieces. Further donations increased the Museum's wealth, and with the authorization of Dr Lionel R. de la Serna, the School Dean at that moment, an adequate location was prepared to house the museum in the School hall, under the direction of architect Segarra.
At present, approximately 1,600 pieces are on exhibition, many of them of great historical and emotional value. These include furniture and dental cabinets x-ray sets; instruments, prostheses specimens of pathological anatomy; photographs; diplomas and symbolic odontological objects coming from the Otavale pre-Columbian civilization. The image of Saint Apolonia, patron saint of Odontology and of those who suffer from toothaches, stands next to the bust of Mr. Ricardo C. Guardo, founder of the School in 1976. In the exhibition hall surrounding the Museum, Doctors Mauricio González Catán, Ignacio Imaz, Nicasio Etchepareborda and Guardo are honoured.
Several paintings stand out made with material related to the profession, particularly teeth. There is also a module of a consulting room where Dr. Carlos Coquet's (1850) diploma is exhibited together with a painting titled "Dog suffering from a toothache".