**Dental Ledger & Odontogram Gold Inlay Crown X-Ray 1920s Porcelain Amalgam**
$ 11.09
Description
**Dental Ledger & Odontogram Gold Inlay Crown X-Ray 1920s Porcelain Amalgam**. The form includes a detailed tooth chart, or odontogram, where dental conditions, restorations, and planned work were recorded using period clinical markings. The physical condition of the item shows signs of age and handling. This item is a combined dental record and payment ledger, serving as both an odontogram and a patient account card from the early twentieth century. Printed on aged paper with blue and red ruled ledger lines, the sheet documents multiple patient visits, treatments rendered, charges, and payments received over a period of several years. The form includes a detailed tooth chart, or odontogram, where dental conditions, restorations, and planned work were recorded using period clinical markings. The handwritten entries and typed notations together provide a window into early restorative dentistry and private practice recordkeeping. The odontogram section of the card contains markings that indicate a history of dental treatment, including references to gold fillings, gold inlays, porcelain inlays, amalgam restorations, and crown work. These entries reflect the period-specific techniques of private restorative dentistry, where gold and porcelain were commonly used for durable and aesthetic repairs. There are also notations for root fillings, extractions, and X-rays, documenting the use of dental radiography in early twentieth-century practice. The ledger portion tracks the cost of services and payments, offering insight into the financial side of a dental practice at the time. The physical condition of the item shows signs of age and handling. The paper has toned and become slightly brittle, particularly toward the edges. There is an original fold line across the sheet, and the item may be shipped along this existing fold. Edge wear, minor creasing, and light staining are present, consistent with storage in a professional office archive. Filing holes or other markings from prior storage may also be visible. Despite these signs of wear, the handwritten and printed text remains largely legible. This dental record is of interest to collectors of medical and dental ephemera, as well as those researching the history of dentistry, patient recordkeeping, or early twentieth-century medical practices. It would also appeal to genealogists seeking tangible evidence of a named individual’s medical history or to historians studying the development of private dental practice in the United States. The combination of a clinical odontogram with a detailed financial ledger makes this a particularly complete example of early patient documentation. PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.
