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Alan’s story

“When I first moved in here I had all my teeth and then a couple of years ago I was eating bread and jam one day and my tooth came out and then the next day a second one came out, of course it’s been downhill from there.  I used to have really good health teeth, and it seems to have gone downhill. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been a dentist, but you just can’t get a dentist around here even if you try.  

Since I’ve started losing teeth I’ve been struggling to eat what I like. You should see me trying to eat an apple! It’s a bit no! I used to be proud of my teeth, and obviously, I’ve lost the two front ones now and when that happens you kind of give up a little bit.

You don’t want to smile at people, I know they’re horrible since they’ve come out I’ve just got used to not smiling”.  

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