A dad who was forced to yank out a loose tooth with a pair of pliers after failing to get a dentist appointment has said he had no option.
Chris Langston, 50, from Oswestry, was left in excruciating pain for six months as he tried to arrange an NHS dentist appointment to resolve the issue.Chris says that he couldn’t afford the £90 private fees for tooth removals and that the nearest emergency dentist was over 30 miles away.The troublesome tooth after its extraction. Photo: SWNS"Private dentists wanted £40 for the check up and another £40 or £50 for the removal.
“Every time I spoke or swallowed or drank or ate, it was agony. I wanted to go for an emergency dentist but that was a 60 mile round trip.
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