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Dentist the Menace (mander.xyz)

submitted 13 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Did the concept of "arracheur de dent" didn't exist in North America?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

A concept doesn't become acceptable just because the French have a term for it. Usually that's a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

What if she's into it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Is that a French phrase or is it supposed to be a guy talking with the cotton and suction hose in his mouth?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I love how street dentist is a blue link.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_dentistry

In 1998, a man was arrested in Van Nuys, California for operating an unlicensed dental practice out of the back of a toy store in a strip mall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 26 minutes ago

Honestly, as someone who's lacked dental care for 15 years, while it surprises me "street dentist" is a term, what surprises me the most is that I've never considered trying to find one. Lol. I've pulled my own teeth, why did I never consider finding a shady dude to do it for me?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

In 1892, a Canadian dentist called Edgar Parker

born Edgar R.R. Parker, 22 March 1872

DUDE WAS ONLY 20 WHEN HE STARTED THIS!?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, he didn’t exactly have to go to dental school or anything

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Listen, if all you're doing is extractions all you need is a spike, a hammer, some pilers, some elbow grease and a strong stomach.

Edit: turns out he did go to dental school though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Dental school back then was a little different I'm guessing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I pulled a tooth out of my dads face once with some fishing line and a scrap piece of wood

It was awesome

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

When the life expectancy is only 40 you gotta get a move on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

"Hurry up, I got a hot date with early death!" - Person getting tooth extracted.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's also where the concept of a "barbershop quartet" came from. Dentists would have the aforementioned quartet singing loudly outside of their shop to drown out the screaming of patients inside.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

One might ask, "why the barber"? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

lol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

At least? I would have thought it was the other wag around, sawing off a leg off hurts at least as much as pulling a tooth?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I suppose it depends on how drunk your barber/dentist/surgeon/bartender got you beforehand... and how drunk they got themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Drunk? Pass the laudanum

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In those days, asking your barber to "take a little off the top" ended in either circumcision or lobotomy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Either way, hopefully they got a sweet coin as a souvenir.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painless_Parker

He legally changed his first name to "Painless" when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless.[1][2] When business thrived, he hired assistants and established a chain dentistry business.[2] In the end, Parker ran 28 West Coast dental offices, employing over 70 dentists, and grossing $3 million per year.