The 62-year-old admitted he had not “looked after his teeth” over the last 20 years.
He was on holiday last June when he lost a crown and after paying for a private consultation he was told most of his teeth would need extracting and dentures fitting.
But Mr Creamer said that as he was on benefits, he could not afford the £5,274 bill for the work.
He said he was “too embarrassed” to leave the house.
“I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life on pain killers and soup,” he said.
After seven month he was contacted by the Ivy Cottage Practice in Rotherham, part of the Riverdale Healthcare Group.
Despite being unable to take on new patients, the practice were able to reallocate funds to offer extra NHS appointments to some residents who required emergency treatment.
Dental director Ian Gordon said: “We have been working with the Yorkshire and North East ICBs to offer additional access sessions across 24 practices.
“We have been able to provide 3,500 sessions treating some 24,000 patients over the last 18 months.”
He said while the sessions were limited it enabled them to help patients who would have struggled to access dental care.
A spokesperson for the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board said they had been commissioning dental practices to offer these “urgent access sessions” to improve NHS dentistry access to help patients like Mr Creamer.
“Patients are advised if they have an urgent dental need then they should contact NHS 111 or their local dentist and an appointment will be offered if it is deemed clinically appropriate, following a telephone triage,” they added.
