People are pulling their own teeth out due to lack of urgent NHS dental care

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...
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Pulling his own tooth with a pair of pliers started Chester Moody’s career

Imagine having such a terrible toothache and no access to a dentist that you take a pair of pliers and pull your own tooth. Meet Chester Moody. It’s 1958 in the Jim Crow South: Lorman, Mississippi, to ...

The impossibility of getting a dentist: How teeth became Britain’s biggest class divide

As it emerges that people are resorting to pulling out their own teeth and are being denied NHS appointments even in ...
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Girl enlists help of family dog to pull out loose tooth

Some kids will visit a dentist or use a door knob to help get rid of a loose tooth. Sidney Vasquez and her family, though, called upon their family dog to help solve the 10-year-old girl's dental ...