Desperate After Not Getting A Dentist Appointment, British Man Pulls Out His Own Tooth

A British man decided to pull out his own tooth after he was refused an emergency dental appointment due to the lockdown.

According to a Metro UK report, the 33-year-old man named, Billy Taylor, spent an hour trying to extract his infected tooth with the help of his son.

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Speaking to told BBC's Radio 4 he said that the NHS 111 service told him that unless he was struggling to breathe, then there was nothing they could do to help.

"I phoned my dentist and they said they were closed and would put me on an emergency waiting list but I didn¡¯t know how long that would take so I phoned 111 and they basically said that unless it was stopping me from breathing they couldn¡¯t do anything."

"This wasn¡¯t the case but the pain was excruciating, so I got an ice pack put it on my face until I couldn¡¯t feel it anymore and the final tug, me and my son just went for it and it came out, it was quite tricky, I thought maybe 20 minutes but it took an hour and a half."

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He performed the procedure using a tool from work and a couple of shots of whisky as a sedative. The tooth eventually came out with a lot of force and the pain from the infection disappeared almost instantly.

After the painful procedure, Billy revealed that he had been struggling with the tooth for the past two years and had already been to the dentist four times. Although he is relieved of the pain, he does not recommend anyone to try the same at home.

The Daily Mail quotes Dr Mike Urlish from West Yorkshire as saying that he is working at the Brighouse surgery, but is unable to treat anyone.

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He says, ¡°I have all the equipment to treat people but I¡¯m not doing it, all I¡¯m allowed to do is give prescriptions out because we have no PPE.¡±

Dr Urlish said he ordered visors from a school technology department but can¡¯t get hold of the right masks.

¡°There aren¡¯t enough in the country and I understand that, they need to go to A&Es and hospitals obviously but we can¡¯t do anything without them because using the dental drill creates an aerosol spray which can spread virus particles," he adds.

Giving the number of desperate patients in need of help, the NHS is in the process of setting up urgent dental care centres across Britain, reports the Metro UK.