1928 NYC Park Ave Dental Ledger Odontogram Mrs. Siebenhauer Amalgam Filling July
$ 11.09
Description
1928 NYC Park Ave Dental Ledger Odontogram Mrs. Siebenhauer Amalgam Filling July. The physical condition of this item reflects its age and archival history. A subtle horizontal crease is visible across the middle of the page, consistent with the item having been folded. The edges are slightly brittle, with minor chipping and general signs of handling and age. This vintage dental record is a combined odontogram and payment ledger from the office of a New York City dentist, providing a detailed snapshot of a patient’s treatment in the summer of 1928. The pre-printed form, manufactured by the C. E. Sheppard Company of New York, features a blue ink stamp of a full adult odontogram, or tooth chart, with upper and lower dental arches ready for clinical notations. The patient is identified as Mrs. M. Siebenhauer, with correspondence directed care of Mrs. F. Rheinstein at a Park Avenue address in New York City, placing this record within the context of private, upper-Manhattan restorative dentistry of the late 1920s. The ledger entries, typed onto the form, document two visits in July 1928. On July 23, a treatment was recorded with a charge of five dollars. On July 25, chart number one notes a procedure described as one amalgam filling, also charged at five dollars. A credit entry of ten dollars is present but has been struck through with a single horizontal line, suggesting a payment adjustment or correction in the patient account. The use of amalgam fillings, a standard and durable restorative material of the period, is specifically noted, alongside the more general treatment entry. The odontogram area itself appears to be unmarked, indicating that while the financial and procedural record was kept, the visual tooth chart was not filled in for these particular visits. The physical condition of this item reflects its age and archival history. The paper has a warm, yellowish-brown patina from decades of storage. Three standard binder punch holes are present along the left margin, confirming its origin in a professional office filing system, and the paper around these holes shows some wear. A subtle horizontal crease is visible across the middle of the page, consistent with the item having been folded. The edges are slightly brittle, with minor chipping and general signs of handling and age. This document is a tangible piece of early twentieth-century medical ephemera, offering insight into patient record-keeping, billing practices, and the daily operations of a New York City dental practice, and is of particular interest to collectors of named-family ephemera, dental history, and social-history archives. PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.
