Dental Ledger Card Odontogram Tooth Chart NYC 1920s Medical Binder For Sale

This item is a vintage dental patient record that combines an odontogram, or tooth chart, with a payment ledger, offering a window into early twentieth-century restorative dentistry and private practice record keeping. The visible side of the sheet is primarily a financial log, featuring printed column headers for date, chart number, time, debit entries under the heading Dr., and credit entries under the heading Cr. These headers are printed in a dark blue or purple ink within ruled boxes at the top of the page. The ledger ruling includes horizontal lines in light blue and vertical lines in a mix of light blue and pink or red, with a thicker pink or red line running just below the headers. A single, very faint, thin vertical mark appears in the debit column approximately halfway down the page, though it is illegible and may represent a stray pen mark, a partial erasure, or an extremely light pencil entry. No specific dates, patient names, or locations are visible on this side of the sheet, though the format is typical of records used in early twentieth-century American dental offices. The reverse side presumably contains the odontogram itself, with a diagram of the teeth marked to show dental conditions, restorations, missing teeth, or planned work, a common feature of period dental ledger cards used to track patient treatment history. The paper has a uniform yellowish-cream hue, indicative of significant age and natural toning. Three circular holes are punched along the right edge, suggesting the sheet was intended for binding in a binder or folder; the topmost hole has a white paper reinforcement ring that is partially detached and curled, showing wear, while the other two holes are unreinforced and show no significant tearing. The bottom right corner of the page has a slight diagonal tear or cut. The item has been folded along its original crease and may be folded when shipped, and the paper is slightly brittle towards the edges with other signs of wear and tear owing to age and storage. This piece is a representative example of early dental ephemera and professional office archives, of interest to collectors of medical history, genealogy, and the material culture of American healthcare.PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.