Exhibits highlighting artifacts of dental history are available to view on University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry’s virtual museum — dentalmuseum.pacific.edu. The digital exhibits are part of the ongoing Virtual Museum Project, which began in 2012 as a creative way to present the school's Ward Museum collection. Viewers can browse through a number of exhibits including: 

•  “Toothache and Trauma: A History of the Toothkey”
• “Centuries of Solace and the Sainthood of Apollonia: The Patron Saint of Toothache Sufferers and Dentistry”
• “Different Strokes for Different Folks: A History of the Toothbrush”
• “Still Lives in Dentistry: The Artifacts”
• “Painless Promises: Business Cards of the Victorian Dentist”
• “Please Have a Seat: Evolution of the Dental Chair”
• “There and Back Again: Our San Francisco Story”
• “A Dynamic Decade: Speeding Up the Handpiece”

The A.W. Ward Museum of Dentistry was founded in 1974 in honor of one of the school's early graduates and a pioneer of surgical periodontics, Abraham Wesley Ward, P&S Class of 1902. Since its inception, the collection has grown from in-kind donations, made primarily by alums. Most of the artifacts date from the mid-1800s to mid-1900s. For the development of future displays, the Ward Museum gratefully accepts donations of objects such as dentures, instruments, toothbrushes and other small period pieces, and of school-related memorabilia, photographs and documents.

Students, researchers and dental professionals interested in studying the collections may contact Dr. Dorothy Dechant, museum curator, at 415.929.6627 or ddechant@pacific.edu.