Bride-To-Be in Tears After Losing Part of Front Tooth Night Before Wedding

A woman has revealed why a dental disaster the night before her wedding meant she nearly walked down the aisle looking like a “pirate bride.”

Ahead of her wedding on December 14, 2024, Shannon Delijani, from California, was filled with excitement, but also plenty of nerves, too. She tried to tackle that by going for dinner with her husband-to-be and their friends the night before, only to experience her worst nightmare as she was getting ready.

As Delijani, 28, was doing her makeup, she smiled over at her fiance, and the composite bonding that was concealing her broken tooth fell straight out of her mouth. She told Newsweek that she felt absolutely mortified and hated the thought of getting married with a chipped front tooth.

Delijani already had enough stress to deal with, so looking like a pirate was not what she needed.

“When I was 6 years old, I broke my front tooth in a biking accident and had composite bonding placed,” Delijani said. “Over the years, it’s chipped once or twice, and I’ve had it retouched, but I’ve never had any issues with it.”

She continued: “There’s so much pressure to look your best and be the perfect bride. On any normal occasion, I probably would have laughed it off, but in that moment, I was devastated and terrified. I kept thinking about how I was going to show the photos to my grandkids and be missing a chunk of my front tooth.”

The bride-to-be even scheduled a dental appointment the week before her wedding to ensure the bonding was secure. Delijani doesn’t understand what happened in that precise moment to make it fall out, but she said it was “just bad luck and crazy timing.”

Indeed, if it had fallen out at any other time, it wouldn’t have been a problem. But to fall out on the eve of her wedding was just disastrous.

“I remember bursting into tears and sobbing to my husband that I was going to be a pirate bride,” Delijani said.

As it was a destination wedding in Oaxaca City, Mexico, Delijani didn’t know any local dentists, and it happened late in the evening so everywhere was already closed. Fortunately, she spoke with her wedding planner who was able to pull a few strings.

He managed to find a nearby dentist, Dr. Pombo, who was willing to go back to his office at 9 p.m. and fix the bonding. Newsweek contacted Dr. Pombo’s dental office via email for comment.

“I couldn’t believe it. Dr. Pombo was truly an angel and made me feel so cared for. I speak a little Spanish, but not enough to understand dental terminology, so he tried to explain what he was doing with hand gestures. He did such a beautiful job restoring my smile. When he was done, it was impossible to tell that anything had happened,” Delijani said.

While she may have missed the dinner with her friends, Delijani was thankful that the ordeal didn’t impact any other wedding plans or preparations. The next day, she was able to walk down the aisle with confidence and had the biggest smile in her photos.

Delijani sent the dentist a holiday basket as a thank-you afterward, and said that she’ll probably be “sending him holiday cards for the rest of [her] life.”

The Social Media Reaction

The unexpected ordeal was documented in a TikTok video (@shannon_delijani), and it went viral with over 384,000 views and more than 18,500 likes at the time of writing. Delijani posted the footage as a warning for other brides to make sure they plan for any kind of emergency by scouting out the local dentists just in case.

She was blown away by the positive reaction to her video, and she connected with so many people who had similar experiences.

“I’ve loved reading all the nightmare stories that we can all laugh about now. I feel like I’m in good company,” Delijani said.

She continued: “Even though it was stressful, it’s one of my favorite moments of our wedding weekend and a story I love telling. It was an amazing reminder not to sweat the small stuff and to roll with the punches.”

The clip detailing how she handled the dental disaster has amassed over 150 comments on TikTok. As it turns out, many people with composite bonding could relate.

One comment reads: “Omggg [oh my God]!! What a story girl! So glad you were able to get it fixed in time.”

Another TikTok user wrote: “Omg will make sure to pack composite instruments to every destination wedding. Noted.”

A third person responded: “I have nightmares about my composites on a regular basis.”

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