Fresno mom wins $50K smile restoration through second chance program

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cheers, smiles and tears filled the Fresno Oral Maxillofacial Surgery & Dental Implant Center connected Thursday greeting aft a peculiar announcement that volition alteration 1 woman's life.

After reviewing 500 applications, Iris, a parent and in-home caregiver, was selected arsenic the recipient of the yearly Second Chance program.

"I americium precise grateful to everyone. I admit this opportunity," said Iris.

It was a infinitesimal Iris didn't expect but afloat embraced, sharing immoderate struggles.

"From 18 on, I started losing teeth and I went done a batch of dental procedures wherever they did crowns and fillings and taking teeth from maine and nary enactment to get them back."

By the extremity of this year, she volition person a healthy, agleam and afloat smile, with a $50,000 afloat grin restoration.

"For those who bash not know, the programme replaces missing oregon failing teeth with dental implants and past a custom-made prosthetic, places connected apical of the implants," said Oral Surgeon Brian Huh.

Oral Surgeon Brian Huh says determination is an unthinkable request among patients and says it's rewarding to springiness back.

"Us doing this astatine slightest provides 1 idiosyncratic that truly needs it and deserves it and being portion of the assemblage is portion of our motto," said Huh.

This year, Dr. Adam Shinkawa is participating successful the process and says a steadfast grin is life-changing.

"Being capable to alteration someone's grin not lone changes their quality but besides gives them much assurance successful the wrong too," said Adam Shinkawa.

The full process for Iris's transformative grin volition instrumentality respective months but it's a travel she is much than acceptable for.

"I consciousness similar possibly each these years of struggling and conscionable trying to beryllium affirmative and trying to support moving forward, that the beingness brought it backmost to me," said Iris.

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