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Might be referring to the notion that nowadays dentists are more generous with anesthesia. E.g. it used to be normal to pull out wisdom teeth without general an

• jampekka 3y ago
  Is it really normal to use general anesthesia for that somewhere? Sounds quite risky.
  • antisthenes 3y ago
    It's only normal in America, as is the tradition of being overmedicated for just about any minor discomfort. I opted for my wisdom teeth to be taken out with local and don't regret it. The worst part is the recovery anyway, not the 20 minutes in the chair.
• al_borland 3y ago
  When I was in high school (late 90s) I remember getting cavities filled without any numbing at all. I just had to deal with it. Maybe it was a bad dentist, because I know that stuff existed then, but I wasn't assertive enough at that age to call out the dentist. These days they numb me up and I don't feel anything, but I still tense up a lot out of habit from when I was younger. They also used to take impressions at the dentist where they'd fill your mouth with some kind of goop in trays. Now they have cameras they can just move around your mouth and it stitches a model together.
  • fulladder 3y ago
    I had that done within the past 5 years. The dentist said the decay was very superficial and asked if I wanted the local anesthetic. I figured the mere fact that he was asking meant it was surely not necessary, so I said no. It was not painful.