Coronavirus: Woman plugs cracked tooth and files it down in DIY lockdown filling

mirror.co.uk:

A woman was forced to plug her cracked tooth with putty and file it down in a do-it-yourself lockdown filling because she was in so much pain.

Deb Hepplestone was unable to see a dentist due to the coronavirus outbreak, so she had to carry out the routine procedure herself.

Her nerves were exposed when the tooth broke before the lockdown came into effect in mid-March, but two temporary fillings failed to fix the problem.

In unbearable pain, Deb had no choice but to fill the gap with moulding putty and then file down the filling herself. Deb, who lives in Penistone, South Yorkshire, told Sky News: "I cleaned it out as best I could because I felt I had no other option, there was nowhere I could go to get a filling, then I had to actually