A 70-year-old Long Island woman allegedly turned her kitchen into an illicit dentist office – disturbingly extracting five teeth from a trusting patient who paid her nearly $2,000, prosecutors said.

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her ...

A 70-year-old Long Island woman is suspected of practicing unlicensed dentistry out of her apartment kitchen, authorities said. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said Gladys Serrano ...

Seven years to visit the dentist was simply too long to wait for Linda Colla, who was forced to pull out her own teeth due to the pain. Colla, 75, began experiencing problems with gum disease and her ...

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who experience a broken tooth, abscess or severe tooth pain should be able to ...

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, ...