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Shark Teeth. Open wide!

Last night I was getting Maylin out of her car seat. I saw this white thing in her mouth. I thought it was a piece of paper. I asked her to let me look in her mouth. My gosh! I was so shocked to see a permanent tooth behind her baby tooth. It was almost completely in. The tooth next to it, was just barely poking through the gum. Holy cow! Her baby teeth aren't even loose. I mean, not at all! You can see the one tooth really well in the picture below, but it is hard to see the other tooth that has just started to poke its head through, but you get the idea.

After a bit of panic, I got online....thank heavens for the Internet and found this is a pretty common thing. Because the permanent teeth are in, the baby teeth pretty much won't come out since there is nothing to push them out. A trip to the dentist to have them pulled is the solution.

Great. Last time she had to have teeth pulled they had to put her under. $2,200 later she had four shiny silver teeth. I told her she needed to get in a fight with one of her friends so they could knock out her teeth....I was joking with her of course, but it would be cheaper. She is pretty upset about the impending tooth pull. They will have to do both.

I have decided that just when you think as a parent you have seen it all, you really haven't.

Comments

Lisa~~ said…
Oh no fun, poor little girl. Good luck with the dentist...and the bill !
March 18, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Nate said…
Oh, it never is easy! Good luck with the dentist and good thing you noticed it! Emi misses Maylin. Maybe we could get together in April for our yearly dinner:)
March 18, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Catherine said…
LOL! Now that takes talent!

I hope she doesn ok with the dentist. I had a number of teeth pulled when I was a kiddo. Hope she does great!
March 18, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Circe said…
Exact same thing happened to Xanthe. Both permanent teeth were in and the baby teeth weren't even loose. Freaky! That's how stubborn she is. Her body wouldn't even let go of her baby teeth! The dentist pulled the baby teeth and the permanent teeth moved right into place. Good luck!
March 18, 2012 at 10:20 PM
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