Miles and Smiles

Laura Vorreyer
9 min readJul 20, 2023

My Dental Surgery Adventure in Mexico

Model Teeth and Dental Instruments Photo by Adobe Stock

Sadly, I didn’t win the dental genetic lottery.

I’ve spent days (months!?) in various dental chairs, mouth propped open as a spinning team of dentists attempt to fix or repair any of my numbered teeth. Root canals, extractions, posts, replacement teeth, fillings, crowns, gum surgery and veneers-I’ve had them all.

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