“Dental work.” – are you having a laugh ?
I went to school in the early 60s, small Scottish island, the school dentist visited every of often, in the ‘good old days’ when professionals were never allowed to be questioned, there were kids lying unconcious/moaning for mum with their heads etc being held by teachers in the corridor as they’d got too much gas and others screaming as they didn’t have enough, and it was acceptable for a dentist to pull a tooth out by putting his foot on the childs chest to get leverage.