After swallowing a crown on his front tooth, the song “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” carried a whole new meaning for 31-year-old Erik Heil, a Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) athlete from Wausau.
On a tight budget and without dental benefits, Erik spent nearly an entire year with a partial tooth.
“They said that he needed a …new tooth that would have cost $900. He simply couldn’t afford that,” said his mother, LuAnne who accompanied Erik to the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) and WDA Foundation Mission of Mercy event.