Jobless couple pull out their own teeth after waiting four years for NHS treatment

Jobless couple pull out their own teeth after waiting four years for NHS treatment

An out-of-work couple say they were forced to pull out their own teeth because they were in so much pain after waiting four years for NHS treatment.

Rebecca Brearey and Nick Oldroyd performed the DIY surgery after knocking back some stiff drinks as an anaesthetic.

For years they tried in vain to numb the pain with painkillers and alcohol before wrenching their own rotten teeth out with their bare hands.

The couple from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, have been begging for treatment since 2013.

But they were told by every dentist they contacted there was a two year delay in registering.

Rebecca said: ‘We’ve been trying for four years but no dentist will take us on. Every time I go, I get told there’s a two-year waiting list for NHS patients.

‘It’s got so bad that after taking a combination of paracetamol and alcohol I ripped my half-rotten teeth out........