A mum whose abusive ex shattered her teeth leaving her with a permanent 'resting b**** face' says she can't wait to start dating again flying to Turkey to get them fixed.
Mistreated Zoe Greenfield claims she was punched in the face by a former partner, who knocked out her two bottom teeth and loosened her top back ones which causing gaps to form.
The 47-year-old, who chipped her two front teeth after falling on some stone steps when she was nine, had big crowns fitted that she likened to 'fridge doors'.
The damage done made her feel so self-conscious that she'd cover her mouth with her hand or refuse to even smile.
After being quoted up to a whopping £30,000 to have them fixed in the UK, the primary school teaching assistant bit the bullet and jetted off to Turkey last year for the procedures.
Zoe had all of her top and bottom back teeth completely removed and replaced with implants before having all her top and bottom front teeth shaved down and crowns fitted.
After forking out £11,000 on the treatment, the singleton says it's been worth every penny as her confidence has since sky-rocketed as she no longer has to worry about being judged for the 'state' of her gnashers.
In fact, the busy mum has been so over the moon with the results, that she's even hopes to get back into the dating scene - after years of it being off the cards.
Zoe, of Leeds, West Yorkshire, said: "It's absolutely fantastic. I love the result, I can't complain.
"It's just such a confidence boost. I just think that it's done now and I don't have to worry about my teeth. I'm probably never going to get tooth ache again for a start.
"It just makes me feel so much better. I don't think women are ever 100 percent happy with themselves but it was the main thing that I thought about all the time and now I've had it done - it's just brilliant.
"When someone's talking to me I'm not permanently thinking that they're looking at the state of my teeth because I've got nice teeth.
"I've been single for six years now, I've not had a date. I would like to date again but I've got a seven-year-old daughter and it's difficult for me to get out and about and everything like that.
"It's just made me more confident about dating. I would definitely go out on dates now, whereas before I probably wouldn't."
Zoe claims that after she was assaulted she spent hours in hospital as staff tried to save her teeth and when they realised they couldn't be salvaged, she went straight to a dentist.
She went on: "I've never suffered any form of violence from a partner before but just the one time an ex-partner hit me and knocked out my two bottom teeth and loosed my top back teeth.
"When you're single and you're older and you think about a relationship, it just really affected me, I just wanted some decent teeth.
"If I went out drinking or socialising people would always say to me, 'oh, just smile'. They thought that I had a resting b**** face and that I was just really miserable.
"I probably definitely did have a bit of a resting b**** face. I used to cover my mouth with my hand and things like that. But I never wanted to smile because I hated my teeth that much.
"For the past six or seven years I've always been paranoid [about my teeth]. I'd never smile in photos, I just thought if I had the money then I'd get them done but I didn't have the money.
"I got some quotes in England and for the top and bottom you'd be looking at £28-30,000. I couldn't get it done here as it was just too expensive so I just decided to go to Turkey."
Zoe travelled to Turkey last February where she spent a week for the first part of her treatment and had ten implants fitted.
She then came home and returned six months later in November to have them checked over before she had crowns fitted.
Since posting her experiences online she's been inundated with messages and spoken to around ten people from all over England over the phone who wanted to find out more.
Zoe said: "I think everyone's got a right to be apprehensive [about getting their teeth done] because it's not a 100% success rate.
"It might not work for everybody as it depends on the health of your gums and all sorts of different reasons.
"But it's so expensive in England to have anything done to your teeth that I think the option of going to Turkey is sometimes the only option that people have."
Previously UK dentists have warned that heading to Turkey for medical treatment can leave patients with huge medical bills and serious dental complications
Eddie Crouch, chairman of the BDA, warned: "Patients need to provide informed consent for any treatment they have and be wary of a hard sell, as the reality is rarely as simple as it appears on Instagram. Sadly, many UK dentists are now picking up the pieces when things go wrong.
"We strongly advise people considering this to check a dentist's qualifications and experience and whether they are insured if things go wrong."
