“Up until last year, I constantly was hiding my smile and teeth,” said Natalie Lacasse. Now she is just trying to “bring humor and light” by sharing her traumatic story.
A 24-year-old woman from Vancouver has already replaced her teeth with dentures — but she’s not letting it turn her smile upside-down.
“Up until last year, I constantly was hiding my smile and teeth,” Lacasse told NeedToKnow.co.uk. “When I’d talk or laugh, I’d cover my mouth, and I truly was horrified to have anyone, even my own family, see me with [or] without my dentures.” “I had no idea the effects these medications had on the digestive and stomach system,” she said of the ultimately life-long effects.
“Over the years, I’ve continued to face the stigma and assumption that I either don’t take care of myself or was abusing substances due to my teeth, and that has really impacted my mental health,” revealed Lacasse. “As soon as doctors see my teeth or hear about my dental situation, they always ask about drug usage and when I express I’ve never used anything, I’m usually met with some form of disbelief.
“It felt like I was punched in the gut,” she said. “I was expecting my smile back to normal and to look the same and when it didn’t, I tried my hardest to not break down in front of the dentist as they were excited for me and thought they were good.”“After my first denture ever , as soon as I left the office, I cried the whole walk home on the phone to my mum,” Lacasse recalled.
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