Ananova:

A man who passed himself off in Italy as a dentist for years despite using a DIY power drill and a pair of normal pliers in his surgery has been arrested.

Alvaro Perez, 40, from Ecuador used screwdrivers and household pincers among other things when he treated his patients at his surgery in Sampierdarena in northern Italy.

He was arrested though after one of his patients who said they had almost passed out with the pain called police.

Police said Perez, who has been charged with deception, had no dental qualifications but had hundreds of clients on his books.