Woman pulls out own tooth with pliers after calling 100 dentists

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A woman resorted to extracting her own tooth using a pair of pliers as she failed to secure a dentist appointment, despite contacting over 100 clinics.

Tobye Spencer, 57, encountered dental health issues as a result of recurrent vomiting due to pancreatitis, leading to the loss of most of her teeth.

In her quest to have a painful tooth removed and dentures fitted, she spent countless hours reaching out to over 100 private and NHS dental surgeries across the southern coast.

Given the full waiting lists at all practices, Tobye was left with no choice but to extract her own rotten tooth. She has been left with eight teeth and an urgent need for dentures, yet there's still no dental practice willing to accept her as a patient. Read more: Police patrols stepped up across Greater Manchester after terror suspects accused of ISIS-style Jewish community gun attack plot appear in court Tobye believes that the unavailability of any dentists willing to treat NHS patients stems from their inability to charge as much as they could for private treatment.