A Michigan mom who had all of her top teeth removed due to decay attributes the loss to poor dental hygiene, a phobia of the dentist, and a decade-long soda habit. Victoria Irene Nowakowski photographed her gradual dental deterioration and shared it in a TikTok video as a warning to others, hopeful that it would encourage us to take better care of our teeth. Thankfully, Nowakowski managed to salvage her smile after being fitted with dentures—a shocking contrast revealed at the end of the video—but the scary sight of her dental decay still serves as a terrifying reminder. Here is how Victoria looked in 2012, when she had healthy teeth: “The main cause of my tooth decay and rapid deterioration of my teeth was from my lack of dental hygiene during high school, due to depression,” Nowakowski told The Epoch Times. “I also had an extreme fear of the dentist, …