A man from England says he’s been pulling his teeth for over a decade because he could not book a dentist appointment.
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David Sergeant,50, said he used pliers or his bare hands to pull out painful teeth since he could not see a dentist. Additionally, his income doesn’t allow him to seek a private dentist, so Sergeant attempted to book an appointment through the National Health Service. Unfortunately, the state-funded program took too long to book an appointment, leading Sergeant to make the painful decision.
“I’ve tried referrals from the doctors, and there’s nowhere that will take me. I wait until the tooth is loose and then loosen it and loosen it and loosen it and pull it out myself. I have used pliers in the past, like big ones, but most of the time I just use my fingers.”
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Oddity Central reported that he also described the process of pulling his teeth. Before the “procedure,” Sergeant drinks a few beers and takes ibuprofen to deal with the pain.
“I have a couple of beers and fill myself up with ibuprofen and out it comes. Next morning there’s a bit of blood.mIt doesn’t feel very good. At the end of the day, I’m having to pull my own teeth out when I should have somebody looking after me.”
Multiple people commented on Sergeant’s situation after it went viral in the United Kingdom, as free healthcare is also an issue. “I’m in the same boat. There are no appointments available, and there haven’t been for years. Call the NHS helpline, and they fob you off with names of the places you’ve already been turned away from. This stuff about new appointments being made available is garbage, simply not true!” one person wrote.
The sergeant’s main income source is the Disability Living Allowance, and he says it has been difficult due to the cost of living. A spokesperson from the NHS claims there’s a shortage due to the pandemic, and current dental officers are working at full capacity.
“Infection prevention and control measures to protect staff and patients were introduced during the pandemic, limiting the number of procedures that NHS dentists could carry out, however these have now been lifted so dental teams are operating at full capacity for the first time in two years.”