All on 4!

I swear RealSelf is one of my favorite places. I have been through a couple surgeries and the RealSelf community always pulls through! Sooooo guess what? I’m Baaaaack! And THIS time I’m getting my teeth fixed (finally). Just a quick back story, much like others I have had a problem with my smile for years... well, more like decades. I remember being 9 and the dentist telling my mother that no matter how much I brush and floss I will always likely have dental issues due to genetics. Sure enough, here I am WAY past 9 years old and every.single.time I went to the dentist it was always something! Long story short and thousands of dollars later, my teeth were always “temporarily fixed”. Currently, I’m immensely saddened by my smile, I always cover my mouth or try to wrap my lips over my teeth when I laugh. Honestly, it’s ridiculous. I have a HUGE personality and when I’m comfortable with you it SHINES right through but now it’s finally time for it to shine to the world! I love writing reviews and helping people like me, upset and disappointed with their smile, looking for guidance or just simple inquiries. The RealSelf community has helped me before and it hasn’t ceased to help me now. Thanks to many wonderful and REALISTIC reviews about Dr. Golpa’s All on 4 my husband and I decided to schedule a consult at his office this morning. Updates and pics to come. I gotta take a nap, it was a long drive and this HEAT is crazy!

Finally home and visions of Dr. Golpas beautiful, gorgeous, dreamy...did I say beautiful yet?!? office are swirling around my head. I mean was I there for my broken down teeth or did I accidentally end up at the spa!! I don’t know about you but when I sat in the dental chair my entire body molded perfectly into that soft, comfortable memory foam type material they use for padding. I’ve never been to the dentist and wanted to jump into the chair so quickly! Instantly my answer was YES! YES! Take all these teeth and make me normal again PLEASE! But then we quickly remembered that we didn’t currently have 33,500 just laying around the house. After we came home my husband and I took an in-depth look at the numbers to see if it was even possible to make this much needed “dream” a reality. 8 days of researching finance companies and getting insight from friends and family we narrowed it down to CareCredit, SoFi and Our own Credit Union. I’m excited to say that we were approved with a more than reasonable low rate from our own credit union so we went that route and put down the 5 it takes to book your appointment. 2 weeks from now I’ll be back in comfy Las Vegas dental chair.

I’m in Las Vegas. I flew here by myself (the night before surgery) and my husband is going to take the long drive here after work so I don’t have to fly back. I was really worried about the altitude on the plane mixed with the swelling I heard I’ll probably have afterwards. Tomorrow morning I have surgery and we plan to stay in town for 4 days total just in case. The only question is... which horrific pre surgery photo would you like to see first? Brace yourself.