A DESPERATE mum has lost 13 teeth in seven years after being struck off by her NHS dentist while in intensive care.
Mandy Sharp, 59, was put on anti-depressants by a GP when she got desperate at her failure to land an appointment.
SWNSMandy Sharp, 59, lost 13 teeth in seven years after being struck off by her dentist[/caption]
She was deregistered by Whitecross Dental Care, in Bramley, Leeds, after she failed to make it to a booking.
At the time, she was having emergency surgery to remove a tumour.
Mandy said: “I begged them to take me back but they said, ‘No, sorry, we’ve got to be strict because there are so many on our waiting list’.
“It’s been awful.
“I got to the point where I wanted to throw myself out the window.”
Mydentist, which took over her surgery, said it sympathised with her plight but faced an “acute shortage of dentists”.