{all she wants for chirstmas...}

Over the last few months we have checked for wiggly teeth everyday.  Now at 6 and a half, she finally got one.  Then a couple days ago I see notice a bump in her mouth and the next day she has shark teeth. You know what that is right? When the adult tooth comes in behind the baby tooth instead of underneath it. Cub had one on his top front tooth which lead to a problem with his gums and placement of his adult tooth. If I could go back in time I would have never brought him to the Dentist at Metro Dentalcare.  Shortly after that we did switch dentists and I am thrilled that we did. Going through that and seeing the pain he endured, I immediately called Dr. Oswall and got Cami in yesterday.

 

Within seconds he said the magic words, "were pulling those suckers out of there".

 

He strapped on the Nitrous and we waited for her teeth to fall asleep.

 

 

After her regular cleaning he pulled out both of her lower front teeth and she was thrilled to finally loose some teeth! In this case, her baby teeth had such long roots that the adult teeth didn't even bother trying to push them out; they just took the path of least resistance.

 What's suppose to happen is the pressure from the adult tooth causes the root of the baby tooth to dissolve, then the tooth becomes wiggly and viola; it falls out.  Her problem tooth had half of the root dissolved and the other half had a little hook on the end of if refusing to let go!
She was happy to loose the teeth but on the way to the car with the gauze in her mouth she asked me, "Will I ever be able to eat an apple again?"  She has a lisp now which is cute only because I know it will go away soon. Shark Teeth are more common than I realized, Cami has 3 other friends having this same issue.

Her first offering to the tooth fairy is a two-fer!