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Now we pull out our own teeth: Boom in DIY dental kits as patients cannot afford NHS fees
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ May 12, 2013 01:29pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Lucy Johnston |
| News Date | Sunday, May 12, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "THOUSANDS of Britons are carrying out DIY dentistry, pulling their own teeth with pliers and using household glue to stick down fillings.
Unable to afford soaring charges, almost a fifth of people have all but given up going to their dentist, the Sunday Express has discovered.
There has been a surge in sales of dental kits at pharmacies including chemicals to whiten teeth.
Experts say that up to 200,000 DIY dentists risk injuring themselves and missing out on potentially life-saving check-ups.
Up to a third of adults no longer have an NHS dentist, according to the latest figures.
Gulf War veteran Ian Boynton, 46, from Woodmansey, East Yorkshire, pulled out 13 of his teeth with pliers because he was in agony and could not find an NHS dentist to treat him." |
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