Mrs A.E. Burnham Dental Record Odontogram & Ledger NYC Gold Inlay 1928
$ 11.09
Description
Mrs A.E. Burnham Dental Record Odontogram & Ledger NYC Gold Inlay 1928. The odontogram, prominently featured on the left side of the card, uses a standard dental diagram to chart the condition of each tooth. Markings indicate a significant amount of restorative work, including notations for gold fillings, gold inlays, and a bridge. This item is a vintage dental patient record combining an odontogram, or tooth chart, with a payment ledger, forming a single-page record from an early twentieth-century dental office archive. The pre-printed form has been completed by hand for a patient named Mrs. A. E. Burnham, whose address is recorded as 115 East 82nd Street in New York City, placing her within a well-established residential district of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The record is a rich piece of named social-history ephemera, offering insight into private restorative dentistry and patient billing practices of the period. The odontogram, prominently featured on the left side of the card, uses a standard dental diagram to chart the condition of each tooth. Markings indicate a significant amount of restorative work, including notations for gold fillings, gold inlays, and a bridge. These entries reflect the private, high-quality restorative dentistry typical of early twentieth-century urban practice, where gold was a common and durable material for posterior restorations and bridgework. The chart serves as a clinical snapshot of Mrs. Burnham’s dental history and planned treatment, a key feature for collectors of medical ephemera and those researching the history of dentistry. The right side of the card functions as a detailed ledger of treatments and payments. Dated entries from late 1928 through early 1929 record procedures such as examinations, prophylaxis, and the placement of fillings and inlays. The financial columns track the cost of each service and the payments made, with a final balance noted. The handwriting is legible and the ink has aged to a warm brown, consistent with period iron-gall ink. The cardstock is slightly brittle along the edges, with light toning and minor edge wear. Two punched holes on the right margin indicate it was originally housed in a binder or ledger book. The card also bears a single horizontal fold, which may be present when shipped, as noted in the processing instructions. This piece will be of strong interest to collectors of early medical and dental ephemera, genealogists researching the Burnham family of New York, and historians studying the development of restorative dentistry, patient record-keeping, and the professional office practices of Manhattan-based practitioners in the late 1920s. PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.
