snaggletooth is no more…yahoo!

We’ve been waiting for this day for years. Evan had what is called a twin tooth. He actually had an extra front tooth. So, where one tooth should have been, he had two smaller teeth. Because they were so tight together, the dentist fused them together to make cleaning easier and to prevent cavities. All of us were anxious to see what happened when those teeth (what we “fondly”–if that’s possible–called snaggletooth) got loose. So, a couple weeks ago, we noticed it starting to get a little loose. Then, thanks to a bump at school on Friday, it got quite a bit looser. You should have heard the phone call from the school nurse who was a bit freaked out when looking at Evan’s mouth after his accident–or what she called “his mouth hit someone’s arm” (really?). She called to ask me about his tooth because she panicked thinking the accident split his front tooth. So, after that, it was a bit looser but Evan refused to let us near it. But, tonight, it was past the point of no return. The right side of snaggletooth was completely out, but the left side or tooth was still hanging on. The thing was literally dangling. So, we had about 10 seconds of mass chaos as I helped hold him and Mark tried to wiggle it. It came right out and went right down his throat. Nice. We didn’t plan that one out too well. Evan then sat up and coughed, and it popped out. He was instantly better and happy–even had to wake Ashlyn up to tell her it “fell” out (rarely do they really just “fall” out, right?). Whew. Big sigh of relief from me. And, in case you are wondering, we did have an xray done years ago, and the dentist believes there is one normal adult tooth behind snaggletooth.