Stafford's Only Biological Dentist — Where Your Oral Health Meets Your Total Wellness

Yeah, I like the shape. I like it. Okay, that’s good. It’s so exciting. Yeah. Oh my gosh, my mom’s gonna cry. I think she cries, she’s excited for me. I’m like, mom, I’m finally… Yeah, that’s crazy. It kind of looks like when I had the porcelain ones. Hi, my name is Alia Tavares. I’m 26 years old. I’ve always been very outgoing and a big presence in the room. And so my smile has always kind of been the center of attention for both myself and other people. I found this space because I was looking for a dentist that would be able to solve the issues that I’ve been having to deal with my entire life with regards to my teeth. So, growing up, I never really noticed that I had an issue with my teeth. Of course, when I was younger, I had a really, really, really cute smile. And it was, I mean, to me, it was perfect. It wasn’t until I got to maybe about like eight or nine years old that my last baby tooth came out and I had two missing teeth and they didn’t grow back in. So when they didn’t grow back in, it wasn’t until maybe high school or after middle school when I realized that it was something that was bothering me and that I had to take care of. In middle school, I didn’t really care too much. All the kids looked, you know, some type of way. And so for me, it didn’t really matter. That I didn’t have teeth and I had braces and like all the kids had braces back then. So I was still confident and still smiling. And it was something that did bother me in the back of my head, but not something that was like super present. It wasn’t until I got to high school. When I got to high school, I definitely started noticing and other people started noticing too And of course that makes it a little bit harder you’re older like not everybody is wearing braces at this point You would expect that you have like your full smile and I didn’t, and so I hated my smile. I still hate my smile, I’ve hated it for years now. I’ve gone back and forth between doing Maryland bridges. I’ve done implants, I’ve done a bunch of different, you know, like retainers and stuff and nothing has really been a good solution. And so now I wanted something that was permanent. I wanted something that I could be confident in. I wanted something that would finish this chapter in my life and would help me to move on confidently. Where we can get me to a point where I don’t hate my smile, where I love my smile. And because I smile so much, you would think that I like smiling, but I think after this, I’ll enjoy it a little bit more.