A First Dates star who spent almost two YEARS with teeth issues says he splashed out a total of £80k to fix them.<br /><br />Danny Bennett's ordeal began in March 2021 when his jaw got infected.<br /><br />This meant he had to have all his teeth removed, and he assumed he'd quickly be sorted with a new set.<br /><br />However, Danny, 39, says he had "peg things" fitted by a dentist in the UK - which remained for 14 months.<br /><br />He then decided to jet off to Turkey to get his smile fixed - but he wasn't happy with those results either.<br /><br />Danny, a late-night hospitality worker from Birmingham, has since had his teeth fixed after reaching out on TikTok.<br /><br />But he wants to wants to warn other people over his dentistry woes - and says it can be expensive.<br /><br />He said: “It has been years of agony, pain, and mental torture. I still don’t understand how it all happened. <br /><br />“I couldn’t even talk to people at work. I’d be in a heated discussion and my teeth would fall out. <br /><br />“I have to laugh about it now but it was horrific - I’m still not fully in a good place mentally. It’s ruined me. It’s horrible” <br /><br />Danny is a former cocaine addict.<br /><br />He says the abuse ruined his teeth in his 20s so, in his 30s, he decided to get them fixed.<br /><br />An initial treatment in 2021 all went well.<br /><br />But then his jaw got infected.<br /><br />Danny got in touch with a new dentist who said he could redo his teeth after the infection had been treated.<br /><br />But after some several appointments in the UK, he was told he would have to look elsewhere to sort out his smile.<br /><br />By this point he had been living for a year with just "peg things", he claims.<br /><br />His entire diet was reduced to "soups, shakes, and soggy bread" - while his romantic life was non-existent and he had very low self-esteem, he said.<br /><br />Danny said: “They looked and felt terrible."<br /><br />He then went to Turkey in July 2022. <br /><br />However when it came to the final day of fitting, he was informed after the operation that he had been fitted with teeth all connected together, and not individually.<br /><br />Danny said: “I kicked off. <br /><br />“I don’t know why they did that and didn’t listen. I was furious.” <br /><br />Once he got home he began ringing them constantly and they agreed to re-do the op a few weeks after the previous one.<br /><br />But he was again disappointed.<br /><br />Danny said: “I got to the point where I was really upset but at least I could eat properly and actually use them.” <br /><br />However, within three days of getting his second set of teeth, Danny brushed his teeth and went to bed, only to wake up to find they all fallen out. <br /><br />“I was in total panic,” he said. <br /><br />He then had to resort to gluing his teeth on manually, which he had to re-do every three hours. <br /><br />Danny said: “My mental health was awful, I had always suffered with anxiety, but this was making it even worse, my head was totally gone.” <br /><br />In a pit of despair, Danny said he was on the brink of having a breakdown. <br /><br />Danny got into bed one night in tears, but had a lightbulb moment. <br /><br />He said: “As a last resort I thought I’d see what powers of TikTok have got.
