A man has spoken about the "excruciating" pain he says he suffered while extracting five of his own teeth over the course of a two-year period.
Ferdi, 51, says there were no available NHS dentists within a 25-mile radius of his home city of Wakefield, and, unable to bear the pain any longer, he took action into his own hands.
Photographer Ferdi, who has recently completed his PhD in political philosophy, has since tried to seek private dental treatment to fix his mouth, but was shocked to receive a quote of £16,000, far more than he was able to afford.
