Please help me smile again! Saving for Dentures!

Hi Friends and Family and many others. I'll admit, I'm not entirely comfortable asking for donations but I really really need the help and support. Most of you know I have had issues with tooth pain and many dental issues and extensive procedures over the last 14ish years. Some of you may even know how desperate I am to get the smile and health I deserve and I simply do not have the financial means to get it without some support. So please, $5, $10, $20... any little bit helps to get to my goal of 12k to work with a local dental specialist/surgeon and denturist that will help me achieve the smile of my dreams. One day I'd love to be able to look at myself and be proud of my appearance and regain my physical and mental health. I cannot thank you enough for just considering to make a donation. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING EMPIES IN MY SPARE TIME TO GET TO MY GOAL FOR THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.

Here is my story...

My name is Taija I'm 34, I am a single mom of a 7 year old and I have always had a issue with significant spaces between my top teeth, most of my teeth are decaying and I have discomfort and pain in my mouth daily and battling dental infections for as long as I can remember.

During my late 20's early 30's my gaps and chunks of teeth missing have become even more horrific and extremely embarrassing. I wake up with pieces of broken tooth in my mouth almost everyday and have constant sores and cuts on my tongue from broken chunks missing from the back side of my teeth on my gum lines and partial teeth that have broken and chipped away in the front and sides over time. My teeth have kept me from working comfortably in the public, dating and or even approaching people in a casual manner and having a comfortable conversation with out trying to hide my ugly missing broken teeth. I have a hard time eating without discomfort or pain and between that and infections struggle to keep on weight I am currently 4'11 and 97lbs. I do not have the weight to spare as I am already pretty much skin and bone.

(Photo of the inner side of my top teeth breakage at gumline.)

Being a single mom, all my extra money has gone into raising my son. Financially I am nowhere near being able to afford this expense. I work a fulltime job and doing my best but after rent, bills and groceries are paid we don't have a lot left for saving to paying for this. So I have been saving up the best I can and collecting empty bottles to get to my goal.

However time is ticking very fast!

So I have met with and recieved estimates from a few different denturists and also now have met with my surgeon and we will be booking my surgery part of things for September, I will have to have payment in full before my surgery. 

 Trying to save and raise the money to get that started. As mentioned, I have started to collected empties to save up towards this extremely expensive goal of being healthier and being able to live with less pain and the ability to smile confidently in special, happy or funny moments.

I have been told is in approximately $5400 for just the mandatory extractions. It is

$15,115 for a full set of dentures and 2 implant studs that is required for me to have a proper fitting bottom denture. To be able to have a full bottom denture I will require a bone removal surgery on my bottom jaw for large torrid growth (this is when your bone grows extra growth of bone on its self causing lump growths). It must be done or I will end up getting sick again from having infections from my damaged, broken and decaying teeth. I have already been septic from my dental infections in the recent past.

I am remaining hopeful, yet fearing the cost of dentures to out of reach, toothless will be my only option unless I come up with the money for some Dentures. I know this is very expensive but being toothless just not something I am ok with at age 34. I have an amazing 7 year old son to raise and watch grow up.I have a lot of life to live and would like to have the experience of a life with better health, energy and confidently smile and not be embarrassed and self conscious of it!

If you know me, you know how independent I am and how hard it is for me to ask for help and if you know me well, you know how I am about exposing my teeth or allowing a picture with my teeth showing, so please understand how hard it was for me to post a picture showing my teeth on the internet forever allowing everyone to see my issues. Please know how important this is to me and how fearful I am of being toothless. I am not proud by any means for asking for help with raising the funds. I feel this is my only hope and last chance to say goodbye to my heaviest and deepest insecurity and health issue.

If you would please share my story and site on your fb and or donate anything you can even $5 or $10 helps. I would really appreciate it. I can use all the exposure and help I can get. Without your support I have NO hope! Together we can make this happen and make me healthy, happy, proud, pretty smile and most importantly give me back my self confidence!!

I want to feel better and better for my amazing son! So I can live a long healthier life to be the active energetic mom he deserves. I want to smile and laugh and talk without covering my mouth! I want to be happy with my looks while I still got em! I want to have confidence! I need this!!!!!

PLEASE Please help me!!!!

THANK YOU!

Any little bit helps...it took a lot of courage for me to ask, but I already feel better. Thank you so much.