A dad who was left in excruciating pain after not being able to afford a dentist appointment was forced to pull his own tooth out with pliers. Chris Langston, 50, spent six months trying to ...

But words are meaningless. "People are absolutely desperate and they are pulling out their own teeth in a lot of extreme cases." A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said ...

People have been reduced to "pulling out their own teeth" and children and poorer families have been left without access to basic treatment because of the dire shortage of NHS dentists in North Wales.

NHS dental fees are going up in Wales for the first time in four years More people might pull out their own teeth because they cannot afford a hike in NHS dental fees, a dentists' leader has said.

People have been reduced to "pulling out their own teeth" and children and poorer families have been left without access to basic treatment because of the dire shortage of NHS dentists in North Wales.

Anyone who had to pay a visit to the dentist to pull their wisdom teeth out can tell you how much nuisance they cause. They can not only be painful but also cause tooth decay and even tumors.

And they go straight down. And they go up and down, and they pull it out. When you go to floss, you have to wrap the floss around each side of the tooth, and go up and down. And then you go to the ...