All graduate Soraya Smith wanted for Christmas was two new front teeth after a horror holiday cycling crash.

They were badly chipped last month when she was thrown off her bike while speeding down Bolivia's "Death Road" during a gap-year trip.

Christmas came early for the 23-year-old on Monday when she was given her smile back by dentists.

But cash-strapped Ms Smith has been forced into fundraising to pay for the £1,750 treatment.

She said: "I didn't care about any other injuries - I was just like: 'Oh no, not my teeth.' I wish I'd broken an arm instead.

"The life expectancy of these crowns is anywhere between five and 15 years.

"But once these come off it's likely I'll need to have what's left of my teeth taken out and have implants put in, which is two or three grand each.

"Then I have to have more dental care and dental hygiene so it's a kind of ongoing life cost, which is why I said I wish I'd broken an arm."

Ms Smith was just minutes away from completing the perilous route on November 4 when a dog darted in front of her.

"It's very, very narrow, there's two-way traffic and steep cliff edges," she said.

"I almost didn't do it because I was a bit nervous but my friends said: 'What's the worst that's going to happen?'

"A dog ran in front of my bike at the last second. There was no way of avoiding it."

A friend got a taxi to rush them three hours back down "Death Road" to a hospital in capital La Paz.

Doctors said they could not help and she faced an agonising overnight wait for dental surgery.

She had to fly back to Britain and has been rebuilding her confidence at her Lincolnshire home.

She said: "If I'm in a public place, I don't want to be showing it off but I do forget about it a bit now.

"For the first four weeks I was constantly covering my mouth.

"I've been getting used to eating again but I'm going to have to start once I get my new teeth. I can't bite things like apples."

Adventurous Ms Smith insisted it won't stop her travelling but she added: "I will have to be a lot more careful about any activities I choose."

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