A dad was forced to yank out a loose tooth with a pair of pliers after failing to get a dentist appointment - saying he had no option.

Chris Langston, 50, was left in excruciating pain for six months as he tried to arrange an NHS dentist appointment to resolve the issue.

His back molar had become loose, causing pain from eating, drinking and even talking.

Chris says that he couldn’t afford the £90 private fees for tooth removals and that the nearest emergency dentist was over 30 miles away.

Instead he grabbed his pliers and ripped the tooth out in the bathroom of his home in Oswestry, Shropshire.