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Wales Online
Neil Shaw

Man has new £7,000 Turkey Teeth after years of smoking killed his old ones

A grandfather looks "ten years younger" after he had 16 'smoker' teeth pulled out and replaced with implants in Turkey. Paul Pilkington, 70, never did a full grin because he was so self-conscious of his rotting yellow teeth, thanks to 50 years of smoking.

The grandfather-of-eighteen quit the habit - but was left him with several missing and rotting teeth. He jetted off to Turkey twice to have his remaining ones removed and a full set of implants for £7,000.

The retired entertainments manager says he "can't stop grinning" whenever he looks in the mirror - and people say he looks ten years younger. Paul said: "I worked in entertainment all my life and was always self-conscious being in front of people every day.

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