To try to pull my tooth out as i can't get a dentist?

[WovenStarfish]

So, possibly due to a fall last year, one of my back molars is very loose. It has been gradually worsening for months, but is now so loose that it is catching on my other teeth and causing quite a bit of pain. Can't use that side of my mouth, sometimes just opening it is painful. I've not been able to find an nhs dentist - I'm on a waiting list but it is currently over a year! Going private is not an option as there is no way I can afford it. 111 don't class it as an emergency. I've been pulling & twisting it for weeks, but it still won't just get out. Yesterday, I'd had enough, so I sterilised a pair of pliers & attempted to get it out myself. Didn't work - it's a stubborn old thing. My family think I'm totally insane to even attempt removal with pliers, but I think it's reasonable given the circumstances.
Sorry, first time posting so be gentle 😊

Thank you, I'll definitely try that.

@HipposHaveNipples Perhaps my post wasn't very clear sorry.
I lost my tooth (painfully, unnecessarily) as I could not access NHS treatment.
18m later, when I have finally been able to access regular NHS Dentistry I was told ONLY a denture 'for free' & 'we cannot fit for only 1 tooth' so not poss. Privately - Dentist does both - it'd be £1500 for a bridge & £3K for an implant.
So, I'll still have a big gap.

OP, I hope you can get some affordable treatment - I was in pain for months & the Hosp dentist said that my jawbone had started to get infected so I had to have 3 lots of industrial strength antibiotics for weeks & repeated trips.
In all, it 'cost' the NHS far more than if I'd had treatment in a timely manner.

Good job I wasn't talking about the OP then, who hasn't even mentioned requiring a bridge...

Ah I see what you mean now! That makes sense. Strange that they wouldn't do a bridge on the NHS, but I guess it differs vastly between dentists.

The problem is that you can’t even get registered with an NHS dentist. There isn’t a single one in either of the two counties I live on the border of that will take on adult patients.

I rang that NhS helpline thing, and they admitted there wasn’t anywhere. They had no suggestions. The shortest wait list I could find was 3500 people long.