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 ...

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...

Seven years to visit the dentist was simply too long to wait for Linda Colla, who was forced to pull out her own teeth due to the pain. Colla, 75, began experiencing problems with gum disease and her ...

UK: Families living in poverty are resorting to repairing their own TEETH because they cannot afford to pay dental bills. Those struggling to afford mounting bills are taking their health into their ...

Healthwatch England reveals Brits resorting to pulling out own teeth as NHS urgent dental access falters. With fewer regular ...