Dental Ledger & Odontogram Mrs F.S. Bancroft Crown Extraction 1919-27 Antique For Sale

This is a vintage dental patient record from the early twentieth century, a combined odontogram and payment ledger documenting the dental history of a patient named Mrs. F. S. Bancroft. The record spans from 1919 to 1927 and offers a detailed, year-by-year account of her dental care, including examinations, cleanings, fillings, an extraction, and a crown procedure. The item is a single card or sheet, printed with column headers for date, chart number, time, debit, payment date, and credit, with all entries meticulously handwritten in ink. The odontogram, or tooth chart, is present on the card and would have been used to visually record the condition of each tooth, though the primary surviving detail is the meticulous treatment and financial ledger.The procedures recorded are representative of period restorative dentistry. The entries include temporary fillings, amalgam fillings, synthetic fillings, cleaning, scaling and polishing, examinations, and an extraction. A notable entry from late 1926 and early 1927 documents work on a crown, with a charge of seventy-five dollars for a “R. Crown,” a significant sum that indicates high-end restorative work. The record also shows a charge for a “Broken app. L. N. 1/2 time,” which likely refers to a broken appliance or apparatus, possibly a partial denture or retainer, requiring half a day’s repair time. The fees range from three dollars for an examination to eighty-five dollars for a combination of a synthetic filling and a crown, reflecting the varied costs of early twentieth-century dental care.The patient’s name, Mrs. F. S. Bancroft, is present on the record, and the name may be of interest to genealogists or researchers of early twentieth-century social history. The item shows clear signs of age and handling, including folds along its original creases, slight brittleness at the edges, and general wear and tear consistent with storage in a professional office archive. There are faint stains and some fading of the ink, though the vast majority of the entries remain legible. Red horizontal lines are drawn across several financial entries, likely indicating a closed or balanced account for those specific procedures.This piece is a compelling example of medical ephemera, specifically a dental ledger card and patient account record. It offers a direct window into the practice of restorative dentistry in the 1910s and 1920s, documenting the relationship between a patient and her dentist through a series of treatments and payments. For collectors of medical history, dental antiques, or named-family ephemera, this record provides both clinical detail and a personal connection to a past patient.PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.