For Years, She Refused to Smile in Photos Then One Morning, Everything Changed

Head slightly turned.

It looked natural enough that most people never questioned it.

But Alana knew exactly why she did it.

She was missing several teeth.

It had started after a difficult period in her life when money became tight and dental care was the first thing she kept postponing.

“At some point,” she would tell herself.

But “at some point” slowly became years.