Anyone could be a dentist
As if going to the dentist isn’t stressful enough, let’s be thankful that we never had to pay a visit to a blacksmith, barber, surgeon, or apothecary anytime we got a toothache.
There were no American dentists during the colonial era, so the tools used for teeth removal consisted of natural remedies such as alcohol, figs, and opium to numb the tooth before extracting it. As you probably imagined, these procedures were very dangerous, often leading to the teeth becoming infected — sometimes for years.
