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A dad was forced to yank out a loose tooth with a pair of pliers after failing to get a dentist appointment - saying he had no option.  Chris Langston, 50, was left in excruciating pain for six months as he tried to arrange an NHS dentist appointment to resolve the issue.   His back molar had become loose, causing pain from eating, drinking and even talking.   Chris says that he couldn’t afford the £90 private fees for tooth removals and that the nearest emergency dentist was over 30 miles away.   Instead he grabbed his pliers and ripped the tooth out in the bathroom of his home in Oswestry, Shropshire.

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00:00 Hi, my name's Chris Langston and I had to pull out my own tooth because I couldn't get

00:05 an NHS dentist.

00:09 So I've been in pain for about six months with a back molar that had come loose and

00:14 I needed to try and get a dentist appointment to try and sort it out but I could not get

00:18 one in Oswestry in Shropshire for love nor money.

00:20 So I had to take it into my own hands, I've had to get a pair of pliers, get them in very

00:26 gingerly and pull it out and thankfully it came out in one and the pain relief was instant.

00:36 So I tried all over the place to try and get an appointment to get it pulled out but I

00:40 just couldn't.

00:41 The nearest appointment that I could find was 60 miles as a round trip away but I couldn't

00:46 get there with the children so I had to take it into my own hands and that's why I got

00:50 out the pliers.

00:54 It was absolutely horrifying and traumatising just having to try and get it out with my

00:59 hand first and then get in with the pliers and I just couldn't seem to pull so I think

01:05 it was just a distraction when I turned my head, pulled it and it came out.

01:08 I was a bit nervous about using the pliers because they're quite heavy duty and obviously

01:12 a tool but I didn't know what else to use, I couldn't pull it with my hands.

01:15 I was a bit worried that should I be doing this, shouldn't I?

01:19 But I couldn't handle the pain any longer so I was left with no alternative other than

01:23 to try and clean them up as good as I can and get them in but I would not recommend

01:28 it to anybody, absolutely no way.

01:30 I always try and get a proper dentist first but I was left with no resort.

01:36 Trying to get an NHS dental appointment in Oswestry is practically impossible.

01:39 When a space comes available with any of the dentists there's only usually about four or

01:43 five spaces and there's people queuing or chasing those straight away.

01:48 So the fact that a local dentist is telling people to check on Facebook so it's first

01:52 come first served once they've got someone off their books.

01:55 But you can get a lot of private and the only actual emergency dental out there is just

02:00 down at the local medical centre which it doesn't open on a Sunday.

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Dad pulls out tooth with a pair of pliers - after failing to get a dentist appointment

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