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Edie Morgan's avatar

This totally made me think of my own son, who was also missing adult teeth and also had to live his young life with no teeth, awaiting implants when he stopped growing. All the pics of him as a kid are with his lips pressed together. As if growing up isn't hard enough without all the extra physical and emotional pain of missing teeth!

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Elizabeth's avatar

My son was assaulted as a teen and his two front teeth got knocked out. He couldn’t eat for weeks while the injury to his jaw healed. As painful as that was, the shame of his less than perfect smile is what made him not want to go to school. What a brave and good kid you were to endure all that pain and social isolation. Thanks for sharing your story.

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