What did old timey people do w/all their rotten decayed teeth who lived in the mountain tops? like the waltons

you know ....... waaaaaaaaaaaaaay OUT IN THE COUNTRY and perhaps those who definately didn't have a dentist????


DID THEY GO GET A HAMMER and try to bust up the tooth themselves.


{no this isn't abt me and my teeth, just CURIOUS abt the olden not so golden days when ppl had no where to turn in some locations when in serious need of dental care, and no antibiotics.}


what usually happened to them?

What did old timey people do w/all their rotten decayed teeth who lived in the mountain tops? like the waltons
You know, even in the times of the Waltons there were dentists in most cities and towns of any size. So I doubt seriously they used a hammer. Dental care might not have been nearly so painless, but it was available and they did use penicillin and novacaine both. As far as dental treatment before that, well- again, dentists did practice even in the middle ages. Usually they got the patient drunk, and used a special pair of pliers to remove the offending tooth. I suppose in the really isolated places they would get the local blacksmith to pull it for them. I have seen in my work, in isolated places of the world, where people did not go to the dentist when it would have been advisable. Fortunately rotten teeth do eventually come out of their own accord. Abcesses even drain themselves and go away. And fortunately, in places that are that isolated, the people don't tend to eat foods that lend themselves to tooth decay. But even in the middle ages, there were dentists who traveled about and they did pull teeth. Queen Elizabeth had several teeth extracted in her later life, and survived it quite well. People had tougher immune systems back them, and fortunately alcohol was the common drink. In those days, the beer and wine were safer than water anyway, and luckily, antiseptic as well. Not to say that people didn't suffer a great deal before the tooth was removed, but I don't believe anyone actually died of the toothache or the extraction. But it does make you greatful for advances in dental care.
Reply:The life expectancy then was lower than it is now because of lack of proper medical care. I imagine they did try to remove the teeth themselves.
Reply:there was usually someone around that would pull the tooth with pliers with no other pain reliever than maybe a bottle of whiskey, and the whiskey served as a antiseptic too.
Reply:Most of them just LOST their teeth, -plain %26amp; simple. When the decay got so bad that it hurt all the time- they just found some way to pull it or knock it out... %26amp; they were fine (until the NEXT tooth that start to hurt...).
Reply:i seen in a movie once the used whiskey and pliers and hammer to take out teeth ,but who knows ,there wasnt as much soft drinks and candy for them to have alot cavities,i think they were just tougher than we are now days lol



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