Toothless bachelor whose gnashers turned 'to mush' is on the quest for new smile

A lovelorn chef, who has been left toothless due to a rare bone disease, is hoping to raise enough money so that he can smile again.

Osteoporosis 'melted' Lukas Moskor's teeth and turned them into 'mush' around two years ago, with the 28-year-old now having to wear dentures. Lukas is now scared to laugh or kiss anyone, in case his false teeth pop out.

Due to the dentures, he only eats soft foods such as soup and porridge, and he thinks that his slender frame is also another reason that he is unable to find love. Lukas, from Warrington, has now set up a fundraising page to try and fund a new set of gnashers.

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Lukas, who is originally from the Czech Republic, said that dentists were forced to remove his old teeth from his mouth, after they became 'soft as grapes'. "When the dentist removed all 16 of my top teeth, it was painful but short," he recalled.

"When I looked in the mirror and saw I had no top teeth, I felt empty and just so ugly. It changed my face completely. My face shrunk, I looked 10 years older.

"Six months later I went [back to the Czech Republic] and he removed the bottom teeth and gave me dentures. The dentures were massive. My gums were swollen too so they didn't fit in my mouth. I didn't smile, they just looked fake. Every night I have to put them in a glass with water and it's just weird

"I've never really gotten used to wearing them. It just isn't the life, because I'm young they make me really shy and I feel so unattractive.

"I've been single for six or seven years now and I know it's because of the teeth. Women really like a nice smile, it makes a man more confident, it'd make me more confident.

"I don't feel