The price of a smile - the accident victim who claims she's been told replacing her teeth will cost a fortune

Smiling confidently alongside her boyfriend in photographs taken just a few months ago, Alex Kerr shows off a perfect set of teeth.

Now though, half of her upper set are missing after a near fatal road accident in November.

Alex had sustained terrible injuries including broken limbs, head trauma, torn muscles and ligaments and a shattered upper and lower jaw.

A team of surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford rebuilt much of her body, but when she was transferred to Northampton General she was told implants to replace her teeth would't be available on the NHS.

However, the hospital says that it did offer to help and told us:

Dentists are now proposing to put in three implants, but Alex was looking at a cost of £12,000 until one dentist surgery in Milton Keynes was so moved by Alex's story that they stepped in to help.

The team at the dental practice have agreed to work free of charge, though at the moment Alex would still have to pay around £5,000 for the materials involved.

But its hoped an implant manufacturer will sponsor the treatment, ensuring that money worries won't wipe that brand new smile off Alex's face.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Russell Hookey