A bride-to-be whose gappy teeth left her too self-conscious to wed is barely recognisable after having her smile fixed for her big day.
Chloe Smith, 29, from Bracknell, had been tormented by the gap between her two front teeth since she was a teenager which caused her confidence to plummet.
Growing up, Chloe had a lot of deciduous (‘baby’) teeth and couldn’t bear the idea of wearing train tracks so decided against getting braces.
‘I never liked having my photo taken and would never show my teeth when I smiled,’ she told FEMAIL.
But after she got engaged to Jay Smith, 28, Chloe decided it was time to fix her smile for good.
Transformation: Chloe had been tormented by the gap between her two front teeth since she was a teenager (left) but she got them fixed in time for her wedding (right)
She decided to get fitted with clear Invisalign braces at a cost of £4,000, as she decided they would be more discreet than traditional braces.
Chloe says she is delighted with the results, and her resulting wedding pictures are ‘fantastic’.
Her new look also gave her the confidence boost to qualify as a personal trainer and carve out a new career path.
Chloe’s husband Jay says he has noticed a huge change in her confidence, too.
Dentist Hanel Nathwani commented: ‘Chloe came in wanting to improve her smile for the wedding day. Her main issue was the alignment of the teeth and a missing tooth.
‘To get the best smile we could we used Invisalign rather than veneers to preserve the good health of Chloe’s teeth.
Bright future: Chloe’s new look gave her the confidence boost to qualify as a personal trainer and carve out a new career path. Her husband Jay (pictured here on their wedding day) says he has noticed a huge change in her confidence, too
Chloe decided to get fitted with clear Invisalign braces as they would be more discreet than traditional braces. She says she is delighted with the results, and her resulting wedding pictures are ‘fantastic’
Commenting on Chloe’s new look, dentist Hanel Nathwani commented:’Chloe came in wanting to improve her smile for the wedding day. Her main issue was the alignment of the teeth and a missing tooth’
‘Due to the missing tooth, although the smile was straightened and looked lovely, we finished with some whitening, cosmetic contouring and bonding on her front upper teeth, none of which requires any anaesthetic.
‘Most patients assume they would need expensive, invasive dental work to have a great smile, however Invisalign is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice for both patients like Chloe and dentists too.
The best part of all was seeing Chloe’s confidence increase over the months leading up to her wedding, with the finished result speaking for itself.’