Woman, 23, has her teeth replaced by dentures after losing them while addicted to meth
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Woman, 23, who lost her teeth after becoming addicted to meth at age 14, replaces them with dentures – saying she had to ‘learn to smile again’
- Faith Hill, 23, from Missouri, became addicted to meth when she was just 14
- She describes the six years of her life with addiction as ‘not normal’
- During that time she lost many of her teeth while the others were rotting
- Now she has full dentures and can ‘smile’ again thanks to the teeth
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A 23-year-old had to learn to smile again after she lost all her teeth during a six-year struggle with addiction – and now glows thanks to perfect teeth.
Faith Hill, a Missouri social media influencer who became addicted to meth when she was just 14, has been sober for two years since she quit her addiction in July 2020.
But the addiction robbed Faith of her smile, because the habit left her with only 14 rotting teeth in her mouth.
Faith had surgery to remove them in August 2021, and her new teeth were placed in November of the same year.
Faith realized she would have to learn to smile again after being so used to keeping her mouth shut to hide her rotting teeth.
Faith Hill (pictured before dentures were fitted) was left with just 14 decaying teeth after suffering from a meth addiction for six years
Now the 23-year-old (pictured with her new teeth) says she had to “learn to smile again” because she was so used to keeping her mouth closed to hide her previously decaying teeth
Pictured after the procedure to replace her teeth, Faith says enduring her struggles has made her a stronger person
Now she’s rocking a new prosthesis and saying her journey has made her a stronger person.
Faith said, “I didn’t have any teeth to save, so I decided to have them all pulled and became toothless.
“I was so shocked to see myself wearing dentures for the first time. I had to practice how to smile because it was so long ago.
“I didn’t know how to move my mouth. Now I look back at my addict self, and I don’t recognize her. I’m a completely different person now.’
Faith realized she needed to get her life back on track after six years of being a meth addict.
“It wasn’t a normal life,” she said. “I hardly went out and lived in hotels, or even roamed the streets looking for shelter.”
Faith, pictured while struggling with her addiction, says her habit left her with just 14 decaying teeth
She had the remaining teeth removed before removing them with dentures paid for by a friend
A dental scan (pictured) of Faith’s teeth shows the damage done as she struggled with a six-year addiction to meth
But after going to rehab to get sober, Faith decided she wanted to do something about her teeth.
“They were terrible,” she said. “I hadn’t laughed because of my teeth in years.”
Faith applied for a grant to get the money needed for the surgery to remove the reaming teeth, and a friend on Facebook offered to pay for her first dentures.
She added: “When I first saw myself with teeth again, it was so surreal.
My friend was kind enough to pay for it and just said, ‘I just want you to smile back’.
However, the dental treatment (pictured) has totally changed Faith’s appearance and made her feel more confident
Now Faith (pictured) says she wants to ‘break the stigma around young people and dentures’ because many think they are only for old people
Smiling: Her new teeth, as well as the experience of battling through hard times, have made Faith (pictured) a new person, saying she’s ‘not that person today that I was when I was addicted’
“Now I have an even better new set that makes me feel so confident. Now I like to laugh.’
Faith wants to break the stigma surrounding young people and dentures.
She said, ‘People think it’s just old people with dentures. But many young people have them for very different reasons.
‘I had dentures placed just after I was 22 and I want to normalize that. I want to break open that box that encases the dentures.
“I’m not the person I was when I was an addict today.”