I lost my front teeth as a kid & have been left with a ‘passion gap’ – everyone suggests wearing dentures, but I refuse
A WOMAN has gone viral for sharing the story of how she lost her top two front teeth as a youngster.
The TikToker, whose username is @kduschi, said she was playing with her sister when the incident occurred.
“The reality of it is not a very exciting story,” she begins.
“From what I remember [and] the stories I’ve gathered from my family, my sister and I were playing Circa Sole
“And I climbed on top of her shoulders and jumped.
“I was supposed to do a flip or something and hit a lot of things and bit my completely through my lip – I do have a scar – and knocked out at least my two front teeth.”
She continues to tell viewers her family didn’t have insurance and were in the mindset that her adult teeth would grow in and she would be fine.
“My adult teeth did grow in and they grew in fine, and they looked perfect and whatever.
“And then in my 20’s I wanted to get braces.
“They took an X-ray and they were like ‘What happened to your face? Like this is what we see when people have a traumatic facial injury.’
“My bone was really thin and my teeth had no root, there was nothing holding it in,” she says.
She then demonstrated the dramatic way the dentist turned to her and asked how she ate.
She replied she ate with her back teeth because doing so with her front ones was really painful – they said this was the only thing keeping them intact.
She continued she had been saving up for nearly 10 years and was now planning to get implants.
She showed her camera her “bone grafted” posts in her jawand said in a couple of months time she will be getting a crown and a bridge.
“I’m going to have my smile back hopefully, and until then I have my little fake teeth,” she says before putting in her dentures and smiling for the camera
She says she is “hopeful” her smile will look how it once did as they’d already done “an amazing job” with her dentures.
The video has nearly five million views and over 400 thousand likes.
People were quick to react to her story in the comments.
One person said: “Dang, that insert looks great though…”
Another penned: “I heard ‘my sister and I were…’ and that’s all I needed to hear [weary face emoji].”
A third wrote: “Not a very exciting story’ I was captivated every second.”
Biggest beauty mistakes
Fabulous' Beauty Editor Tara Ledden has shared the do's and don'ts when it comes to beauty.
“No matter how much time and money you spend on your beauty routine, if you’re not getting the basics right, the rest is wasted.
“There aren’t many non-negotiables, but these are the biggest beauty mistakes sabotaging your regime.”
- Not wearing SPF: Sun-damage is the main cause of premature skin ageing, so if you want to keep your skin looking plump and glowing, sun cream is vital.
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- Not knowing your undertones: If you’re using make-up with the wrong undertones, it’ll never look natural no matter how much you blend it! An easy trick to work out whether you have cool, warm or neutral undertones is to check the veins on your wrist – if they look blue, you have cool undertones, if they’re green, you have warm and if they’re a mix you have neutral.
- Skipping heat protector: It might feel unnecessary, but much like sun damage on the skin, excess heat is the most common cause of hair damage. So, if you want shiny, healthy hair, or you’re trying to grow it longer, using a heat protection product is key.
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