A 22-year-old has lost his teeth to too much drinking.

Twenty-two-year-old Nicky Welfare has been told he will have to have all his teeth removed due to the amount of alcohol he consumes.

The Herald Sun reported Mr Welfare drank 24 cans of lager every day, as well two litre bottles of cider and as such, his alcoholism has cost him his teeth, as he will now need to have dentures fitted.

Mr Welfare lives on unemployment benefits of £60.40 per week and as such, a judge called him “a walking advertisement” for those who say alcohol is too cheap.

Elsewhere, the Daily Mail recently reported research carried out at the University of Helsinki has shown consuming fizzy vitamin supplements every day could be harmful to a person’s teeth after a study submerged teeth in these drinks for 100 hours and monitored erosion of the enamel.

However, Dr Mervyn Druian, spokesperson for the British Dental Association, noted: “When you drink fizzy vitamins, you wouldn’t expose your teeth for anything near this length of time.”