Desperate father, 33, resorts to pulling out his own tooth

A desperate father resorted to pulling out his own tooth in an excruciating hour-long ordeal after he couldn't get an emergency appointment with a dentist. The British Dental Association said that 54 per cent of dentists in England have been unable to treat patients at urgent dental care hubs, that have been set up across the country after surgeries closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. His son Leo helped him pull it out The 33-year-old this morning told BBC's Radio 4: ‘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. Billy had to take drastic measure due to the shortage of urgent care centres open, and even some centres that are open are unable to perform some treatments due to a lack of PPE. Billy had to take drastic measure due to the shortage of urgent care centres open his tooth, his tooth is above Dr Mike Urlish from West Yorkshire said he is working at the Brighouse surgery but is unable to treat anyone.