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A MUM says she faces an agonising two-year wait to have two infected teeth extracted because her dentist cannot pull them due to her needle phobia.<\/p>\n
Andrea Anderson, 51, told how she is suffering extreme pain daily, is living off scrambled eggs and mushrooms and has pus dripping from her nose but must endure long delays for specialist treatment.<\/p>\n
Andrea Anderson has been left in agony Credit: Michael Schofield<\/p>\n
Her needle phobia has stopped her having infected teeth removed Credit: Alamy<\/p>\n
She claims she is unable to have the canine and molar yanked at her local practice because she is terrified of numbing injections.<\/p>\n
Andrea says she has been turned away at A&E and had four antibiotic courses in the last three months but is parked on the waiting list for the dental hospital in Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n She told the Scottish Sun: \u201cEvery day I am in so much pain.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t do anything, I can\u2019t go anywhere.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t ARMY ASSIST<\/p>\n Scottish Government asks for military help to tackle Cairngorms wildfire<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t IN CUFFS<\/p>\n Fifteen arrested after ‘violent’ anti-immigration protest takes over Glasgow<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI go to work<\/a> in a factory then spend the rest of my time in bed because sleeping is the only relief I get.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dentist<\/a> used to give me gas instead of injections but they stopped that.<\/p>\n \u201cI need knocked out but the dental hospital says it\u2019ll take years to be seen.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pain is excruciating \u2014 I can\u2019t go on like this.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Andrea says she has been turned away at A&E Credit: Michael Schofield<\/p>\n She developed an abscess around a canine tooth after a filling failed causing swelling and constant pain Credit: Michael Schofield<\/p>\n Andrea, from Broxburn, West Lothian, says she has been put on the waiting list for treatment just minutes from home at Edinburgh Dental Institute but it will take at least 110 weeks to be seen.<\/p>\n She revealed she developed an abscess around a canine tooth after a filling failed causing swelling and constant \u201c10 out of 10\u201d pain.<\/p>\n It has caused pus to leak from her left nostril because it has nowhere else to drain with antibiotics<\/a> only offering temporary relief.<\/p>\n A tooth at the back of her mouth has also become infected.<\/p>\n Andrea is unable to take strong painkillers because opioids found in tablets like cocodamol make her sick.<\/p>\n She has already been waiting almost a year to be seen but says it could take at least 70 more weeks before an appointment is available.<\/p>\n Andrea says she needs to be \u201cknocked out\u201d before the teeth<\/a> can be extracted because she has a paralysing fear of needles and her surgery<\/a> has stopped using nitrous oxide gas sedation.<\/p>\n She says the torment has caused her to miss work at her job at a peanuts packing plant.<\/p>\n Andrea added: \u201cI\u2019ve been eating only soft food \u2014 mushrooms, soup, yoghurt and bananas.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t like eggs but I\u2019ve been forcing myself to have them because it\u2019s one of the only things I can manage and have almost a stone in weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMy brother took me to casualty but they said there was nothing they could do because they don\u2019t have dental facilities.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-c8rcmp8xs-1784995638363.jpg\"\/)
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