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.

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” ...

James Stewart, 65, from Glasgow, said he was in excruciating pain with no quick access to NHS treatment.

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 ...