Some common themes in Northern Baroque genre paintings were market scenes with charlatan dentists on a platform flanked by an ape, ready to pull the teeth of a frightened customer. This could be risky business, as this was prior to a good understanding of hygiene, disinfection, and oral anatomy. Blacksmiths sometimes dabbled in dentistry as well, offering extraction services for a fee. “The Country Tooth Drawer”, Courtesy of Wellcome Imagesīefore standards of practice, professional accreditation, education, and organisations were formed during the nineteenth-century, basic dental services were commonly provided by barbers (of the “barber-surgeon” variety, who did, also, offer shaves and haircuts) or tooth-drawers.
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