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 ...
Many of us will lose an adult tooth in our lifetimes, whether through disease or misadventure – a punch that landed, a skateboarding trick that didn’t, say. And if you join these ranks, which include ...
People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...
People are pulling their own teeth out due to lack of urgent NHS dental care - In September 2025, 10 per cent fewer adults had seen an NHS dentist in the past 24 months compared to 2019 ...
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