All I want for Christmas...

... is my two front teeth. Really, truly. And I got them!!

Four months and two days ago, on August 7, I got my two baby teeth out and implants put in.
I opted not to get a flipper and just enjoyed the holes in my mouth for four months (I'm sure people must have wondered about them, but I loved having the holes to stick my tongue in.) So, here's how I looked for 4 months. After 3 months of the bone growing in around the implants, I was pronounced ready for the posts and caps.
And that took another month. Whew. Step by step we got the posts screwed in and drilled down to the right size. Then back out. Then molds for the caps. Then I had to wait an extra week because I had to go for a custom coloring for my caps. Finally, I had done everything for the caps, and I was just waiting for them to be made.
After they were finally ready, I had to find some time in my crazy schedule to make it back up to Sandy. So, yesterday (closest I could get to my monthivesary) I went up and I got my teeth! Here I am with my new smile: (and my lovely, studying-all-day-for-finals self)

(And even though probably not another soul on earth can tell (or really cares) that smile is significantly different than my pre-implant, baby-teeth smile.)