Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...

A dad in excruciating pain resorted to yanking out his own tooth using weights and vodka after failing to get an NHS dentist.

The UK is facing a deepening crisis in NHS dentistry, with some Brits pulling out their own teeth due to the inability to secure urgent dental care, according to patient watchdog Healthwatch England.

Patients across England face a postcode lottery for NHS dental care, with many travelling miles to get an appointment and some even resorting to pulling out their own teeth. Access is getting “worse” ...

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who experience a broken tooth, abscess or severe tooth pain should be able to ...