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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Amy Reast & Wesley Holmes

Grandad so self-conscious of rotting teeth he refused to smile transformed by Turkey trip

A grandad 'can't stop grinning' after having every one of his cigarette-yellowed teeth pulled out and replaced with a sparkling new set of implants.

Paul Pilkington, 70, from North Wales, was so self-conscious about his rotting teeth that he refused to smile. So the grandad-of-18 jetted off to Turkey twice for a full set of £7,000 implants.

The retired entertainments manager, who smoked for 50 years before quitting, said: "I worked in entertainment all my life and was always self-conscious being in front of people every day. I never used to smile properly because I didn't want people to see my teeth. I also had some which were loose and it was painful to chew on them. But now I can't stop grinning and I don't have to worry about any of that any more.

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