So, back in November of 2017, I was in an accident, barrel racing with my horse, and I fell off. My front face hit a metal gate going about 35 miles an hour. I remember all of it. I didn’t black out, but I shattered my front teeth. They went through my bottom lip, so I have a scar there. It was a very traumatic experience. I remember thinking, all my teeth are going to fall out. I’ve never had a cavity. I’ve never had braces. I’ve never had any work done. I don’t even think I’ve ever broken a bone. So in that moment, I was just scared and embarrassed, right? You don’t have your front teeth, and you don’t know what to think.
I’m 23 years old at the time. And so that weekend, I was resting and stayed home. And I remember we called the dentist Sunday morning, and I left a voicemail. And I got a call at 7 a.m. or like 6:50 right before they opened. And they said, come in right now. We cleared our schedule. We will get you in. And I came in and Dr. Cody was right there. So was her staff. And they were, you know, ready to help make me feel good again, which was, you know, tough to do. And I remember coming in and they’re like, we heard it was you. And it just broke our hearts. And, you know, with such a traumatic experience for me being only 23, they really got me through it.
You know, I was in there for about three or four hours the first day. And they helped put fake or temporary teeth in for me and got it so I could, you know, go about my days. And they were very fragile. So I remember they broke and I’d come back in and she was, it was immediately to get me in. She fixed my teeth again while we waited for my veneers to come in that were just the perfect color.
And so then two weeks later, I came back and I was there for quite a while again, while she put in my permanent teeth. You know, she was such a perfectionist. And I just can’t appreciate that enough with…it felt like it was like her teeth. Like, she wanted these to be perfect. She knew how much it meant to me. Like I said, she even adjusted the length of my front teeth. And I like my smile better now. So she made improvements to it. And I just know I owe it all to her. And it sounds maybe dramatic, but it wasn’t. And it still isn’t to me to this day. And I don’t know if another dentist could have made me, I don’t know, have my smile even better than before. So I’m just forever grateful for her.
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