Former Emmerdale star Gemma Oaten has revealed she had all of her top teeth after battling eating disorders. The 38-year-old actress, who played Rachel Breckle in the ITV soap, has suffered from anorexia and bulimia, which caused irreparable damage to her enamel.
After undergoing life-changing dentistry Gemma cried tears of joy as she got her smile back for the first time in about 20 years. The soap star, who last year played Isla Haywood in Coronation Street, told her denist Dr Harry Davis: You have changed the course of my life."
Sharing her relief in an emotional video posted on her Instagram, along with the tearful moment she saw the end result in his London Harley Street clinic, she told fans: "I have my teeth back. I have not had this for 20 years. The bulimia stripped all my enamel and I've always been so self conscious and now I've got a full set of teeth."
