Ian Boynton
He removed his own teeth with pliers because he couldn’t afford a dentist.
Daily Mail:
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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February 6th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Patrick Smith said:
*Cut* off his teeth?
I’m not sure he should be Wanker of the Week, maybe just Fool of the Week.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Tethar said:
Try hero of the week, this man stands as a hero to all those getting screwed over by the NHS and as a become of fear to all these private practice jackasses who feel they are entitles to rob us of our money for a job an old guy with some pliers can do on his own.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Willbo said:
Yeah I agree. As I don’t live in the UK I failed to see through how shite the health system is. I edited the post so that it states that every dentist in the UK is wanker of the week as well. Maybe we can change it so that only the dentists get wanker of the week and that he gets Person of the Week, I haven’t found a person of the week worthy yet!
Ps I didn’t know we had MG fans in the UK!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Spence said:
He is a bit of a trooper, I mean my mum had to pin me down while I screamed just to pull out a baby tooth that was hanging by half a thread, this guy pulled out his molars. HIS FUCKING ADULT MOLARS! I bet he and Technoviking hangout and do awesome shit together.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:11 am
tony said:
What a legend. I second this guy getting promoted to person of the week.
How f***ed up does the health system have to be for this to happen? And in the UK! I thought the Western world was supposed to be civilized…
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