Universal Health Care Forces Man To Yank 13 Of His Own Teeth
Man pulls out 13 of his own teeth with pliers ‘because he couldn’t find an NHS dentist’
A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take on NHS patients.
Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain.
The 42-year-old, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, had not had his teeth looked at since seeing the army dentist in 2003. He had not been registered with a dentist of his own since 2001.
He said: ‘I’ve tried to get in at 30 dentists over the last eight years but have never been able to find one to take on NHS patients.’
But when Mr Boynton started suffering from toothache in 2006 he decided to take drastic action.
He said: ‘I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much.
‘In the end I knew it had to come out and had to use the pliers to pull it. Amazingly, it did not hurt as much as you might think.
‘I think I’d been prising it that much in the meantime that I’d been killing the nerve.’
In the last two years Mr Boynton has pulled out 13 top teeth including molars, incisors and canines. He now only has two teeth left in the roof of his mouth.
He served as a medic in Iraq in 2003, but six months after leaving the Territorial Army had an accident while working as a paint sprayer that aggravated an old back injury.
Unemployed Mr Boynton, who is single, said: ‘It’s a horrible situation to be in when you can’t afford to go to the dentist when your teeth were so bad.’
In a stroke of ill-timed luck he has now finally found a dentist to take him on.
Mr Boynton said: ‘I think the situation has improved slightly because of all the uproar. Unfortunately it came too late for me.
‘I desperately needed a dentist because, although I’m no longer in pain, I need to have false teeth as I’m finding it difficult to eat.
‘Unfortunately I can’t make false teeth myself.’
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Poor guy.
excuse me while I go floss.
line up everyone! Welcome to universal healthcare, arent you excited.
You can thank the liberal government for taking such good care of us
because half this country doesnt want to for themselves and think the government should do it for us
I have been preparing for universal health care since I was in high school, granted i didnt know it at the time but now I do. I go to the gym 5 days a week, eat healthy, floss, brush, rinse, etc. I want to make sure that I never have to use that shit system that is coming our way so I try to stay as fit/healthy as I possibly can. But now, in my minds eye, I can just see the fat ass diabetics lining up to get their free insulin, or those with “glaucoma” or “back injuries” lining up to get their free marijuana prescription. If we get “free
” health care in this country, the strain on the system will be so great that we might end up resorting to what this man had to do…DIY surgery. No thank you.
Just in case you ever do get to thinking about doing something like this nut did - don’t. A friend of mine did a single self extraction and got an infection from it that came damn close to costing him his leg.
CHANGE!