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That, and anesthesia. Up until the Victorian era, dentistry was done wide awake and without painkillers of any kind.
this book, http://www.amazon.com/Dentistry-Illustrated-Malvin-E-Ring/dp/0810981165/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1371545627&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=book+on+history+of+dentistry
Discusses the beginnings of anesthesia in dentistry. They experimented with laughing gas, ether, and the like. Even chloroform was tried.
Here's a wiki about the man who first used ether in dental procedures, his story is fairly interesting too. It was seen as a huge leap at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._G._Morton
My partner just got this from a patient. I thought it was really interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Dentistry-Illustrated-History-Malvin-Ring/dp/0810981165/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520625834&sr=8-2&keywords=history+of+dentistry