Written By: Annah L. 45 from Akron, Ohio

For years, a part of me resented the condition of my teeth and breath, which ruined my self-esteem.
For almost three decades, I spent endless hours in a dental office. Many people thought I was the dentist, when in fact I was just a client.
I underwent several expensive and painful treatments, I had to give up my sweets and cold drinks, I’ve done everything you can imagine… but I failed to get rid of my problem with bad breath and yellow teeth like a sunflower.

I could no longer open my mouth to speak at work, people always looked at me with disgusted looks when they spoke to me, I even became the subject of jokes at work and by my friends!

At family gatherings, my cousins would always ask
“Why don’t you smile more for photos?”
“Hey, you always liked chocolate, why did you decide to stop liking it?”
And I was trying to be a firm person, without wanting to share the real cause of my oral problems.

My husband also started treating me differently, I even saw him exchanging messages with someone else….