To justify his presence with the wife of the dentist in her home, poor Adolph has a tooth pulled by her husband.
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This caricature demonstrates the accepted idea that all dental surgery was torture and, in this case, revengeful punishment.
Modern dental anesthesia, however, has demonstrated how much broader is the scope and finer the work that can be performed when the patient is relaxed and uncomplaining.
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