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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brits are pulling out their own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care, warns Healthwatch England Daniel Frank : Pexels The UK is facing a deepening crisis in NHS dentistry, with some Brits ...