Constance Chilton NYC Dental Odontogram & Payment Ledger 1929 Original
$ 11.09
Description
Constance Chilton NYC Dental Odontogram & Payment Ledger 1929 Original. The upper portion of the card features a blue-stamped odontogram, or tooth chart, with four rows of stylized representations for the upper and lower dental arches. The presence of the chart and ledger on a single card indicates a practice where clinical history and financial accounts were kept together in a binder or filing system, as evidenced by the three circular punch holes along the left margin. This is an original early twentieth-century dental record from the office of a New York City practitioner, a combined odontogram and payment ledger card that offers a clear window into the period’s methods of patient documentation and restorative dentistry. The card is associated with Miss Constance Chilton, who is recorded at a 424 East 57th Street address in New York City, with a notation referencing Miss H. Sellers, likely indicating a referral or a related party. The upper portion of the card features a blue-stamped odontogram, or tooth chart, with four rows of stylized representations for the upper and lower dental arches. This diagram was the central clinical tool used to record existing dental conditions, planned treatment, and work completed. The ledger section below is printed with column headers for date, chart number, time, debit, and credit, and contains a handwritten entry for 1929. The card was manufactured by the C. E. Sheppard Company of Long Island City, New York, a standard supplier of professional office forms for the period. The odontogram itself is the key clinical feature, intended to document the state of each tooth through period markings. While the specific clinical notations on this example are limited, the form’s design reflects the standard early twentieth-century approach to tracking dental health, including spaces for recording gold fillings, porcelain inlays, amalgam restorations, crown and bridgework, extractions, and other procedures. The presence of the chart and ledger on a single card indicates a practice where clinical history and financial accounts were kept together in a binder or filing system, as evidenced by the three circular punch holes along the left margin. The card shows its age and use. The paper has an even, light cream to yellow toning consistent with decades of storage. Several horizontal fold lines are present across the card, and the edges show slight brittleness and minor wear, with a few small nicks and light surface soiling. The handwritten entries in ink are legible and stable. This piece is a genuine artifact from a private dental office archive, of particular interest to collectors of medical ephemera, researchers of early restorative dentistry, and those tracing New York City social history or the Chilton family name. It represents the tangible record of a patient relationship and the clinical practices of the late 1920s. PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.
