Zoe Ball credits health professionals after revealing she needed an emergency appointment - weeks after confirming the death of her mother Julia to cancer
Zoe Ball paid tribute to her dentist on Wednesday evening after telling Instagram followers she needed some 'emergency rescue.'
The radio and TV presenter, 53, admitted she needed urgent treatment after losing a tooth before visiting a local dentist in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
Sharing picture of toothless TV scarecrow Worzel Gummidge, she joked: 'About last night...'
Following the emergency appointment she shared a second photo of Wayne's World character Garth Algar flashing a toothy grin as she thanked her dental surgery for its assistance.
Ball's appointment dash comes just weeks after she confirmed the death of her mother Julia to cancer.
Zoe Ball played a recent dental appointment for laughs on Wednesday evening after telling Instagram followers she needed some 'emergency rescue'
The radio and TV presenter admitted she needed urgent treatment after losing a tooth before visiting a local dentist in Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Just before 5am on April 24, the much-loved broadcaster shared the news of her mother's passing on Instagram.
In a tribute, she said: 'Sleep tight dear Mama. Thank you for teaching us how to love unconditionally, to always show courage and empathy. And how, even in the darkest of days, laughter is the greatest of gifts.
'We are bereft without you but will hold so tight to each other. Your grace & your smile that lit up every room you were in, will light the stars to guide us.'
Ball revealed her mother's pancreatic cancer diagnosis on March 6, as she told fans on social media she would be taking time away from her BBC show to focus on her family, who were going through 'tough times' - but added her mother was being extremely 'brave'.
Despite her mother's diagnosis, Ball remained positive as she told fans at the time she is 'in awe' of the nurses and doctors in charge of her care.
Posting a picture of Julia surrounded by family last month, as well as a second of her receiving chemotherapy in hospital, she wrote: 'Heartbreakingly our beautiful Mama Julia has been diagnosed with Cancer.
'As many of you know from experience, these are extremely tough times. Mum is being incredibly brave.
'My brother Jamie & I are completely in awe of the brilliant Doctors, Nurses & support teams looking after Mum. Thank you.
Ball's appointment dash comes just weeks after she confirmed the death of her mother Julia to cancer
Ball announced the death of her 'dear mama' on April 25 alongside a photo of Julia in her youth
'Gratitude to our families & our extended family & friends at home & at work for their support at this time.
'Sending out love to people reading this who are battling cancer, or awaiting diagnosis & also to the folk looking after their dear ones who are poorly.
Ball's parents Julia and Johnny Ball, a former children's TV presenter, divorced up in 1972 after just three years of marriage.
As the BBC radio 2 DJ's own career took off, she and husband Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim supported one another on their rise to fame, with Slim later describing how she kept him down to earth by 'checking him' for his behaviour.
He told the Changes podcast: 'While you've got license to break rules, you've always got a lot of people who'll let you get away with murder.
'Zoe was really good for me for that, because she knew the fame game and we would sort of check each other.
'If I wasn't respectful to people, she'd go: "Oi, come on, that's not how we behave! Go back and thank them for that"'.
Ball shared what would prove to be the final photos of her mother Julia during a New Year's break in the Caribbean, four months before her death to pancreatic cancer
Ball pictured with former partner Billy Yates, who killed himself in May 2017 at the age of 40
The marriage came to an end in 2016, with the couple announcing they had 'come to the end of their rainbow'.
Although Ball soon found love again in partner Billy Yates, their relationship was also not set to last.
After a long battle with depression, Yates, 40, killed himself in May 2017 at his home in Putney, London.
The presenter previously told how she felt 'really grateful' he had said goodbye to her the last time she saw him.
Fighting back tears as she spoke about their final moments together, she said: 'He got on his bike and he cycled off and he turned round and he blew me a kiss goodbye, and that was the last time I saw him.
'It was just that moment and that feeling of ''Oh my god I love him so much, we'll find some help and it will all be okay.''
'And I wish I'd told him that.'
