i ve extracted 13 of my own teeth. danielle, a busy working single mum needs help. terrible gum disease is wrecking her teeth. as her gums recede, teeth that were perfectly healthy start to become wobbly. there is excruciating nerve pain, abscesses and a risk of infection. eventually the teeth becomes so loose, danielle can just pull them out. more than a dozen teeth she s pulled out herself. so those are, those are big teeth. big teeth, yes. and you can see there s no sort of decayed on the teeth. it s not like you have fillings or decay in the teeth themselves. no, my teeth are all relatively fine. it s all this mess is what is going on below the gum line. i m 42 years old and i can t eat and i can t drink. and i m on painkillers every day. i m not a 90 year old woman. this shouldn t be happening to me now. seven years ago, she did have a dentist. but then the dental surgery started to cancel appointments. just got a letter through the post saying we re closing. and that wa
gradually all fallen off. now she can t find an nhs dentist who can refit them, so she s taking matters into her own hands. i make my own fake dentures, if you like, out of plastic. i measure them out, it s a very unscientific measurement. but i kind of gauge about roughly. it looks about right. and now. yeah. they re good to go. this is not pretty. horrible, isn t it? fit it round my gum. and then. hopefully. squeeze it into place and hope it fits.
she is taking matters into her own hands. i make my own fake dentures, if you like, out of plastic stop i measured them out. it is very unscientific but i can get a about roughly. that looks about right. i melted and now, yes, that is good to go. this is not pretty. there you go. that is it. horrible, isn t it? ifitted around my gum and then. i do that. hopefully. squeeze it into place and hope it fits. it looks better than nothing. it works better than nothing, in it? doublecheck it all