Article content The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the territory’s waiting list for dental surgery. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or 'I am tired of hurting': Over 1,000 children in Nunavut on wait-list for dental surgery Back to video “He cried day and night, he stopped eating,” the woman, who did not want to be identified, told The Canadian Press. “As a mother, watching your child in pain for months is such a difficult experience.” She said a dentist in the community told her in February that her son, Howard, had a decayed tooth that needed to be extracted. Staff numbed the boy’s mouth and prepared to remove the tooth, but he was too nervous and couldn’t stay still.