I always thought in order to get a beautiful smile like this I would have to have all my teeth removed and have dentures. I even went so far as asking different dentists if they would pull my teeth out. They all said NO.
So with great disappointment I carried on with getting crowns and fillings… Then the contest… My husband encouraged me to enter. I did and to my greatest surprise, I won!
When Alan G. from the radio station called me I may not have sounded surprised but he didn’t see me jumping out of the office chair strangling myself with the telephone cord and jumping up and down. Because everyone at work knew I had entered the contest they were not surprised at what the call was all about. I called family and fiends and they were excited at the prospect of a new smile for me. Now I was scared!! What was I going to look like? A week after preparing my teeth, doing laser gum work and a root canal (which did not hurt or get infected), Dr. Burghardt put me in temps. I was crying inside still being brave on the outside. A week later came the real deal.
My teeth are beautiful and so is my smile. As a child I used to sing this Christmas song a lot, “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.” Since I have my new smile I don’t want to sing it anymore. I just want everyone to see my smile and I want them to see my lips as well. I always take care to bring attention to my eyes and wear neutral or no lipstick so as not to bring attention to my teeth. Now look out, I’m wearing bright lipstick, standing taller and I don’t stop smiling.