Shark tooth!

Earlier this week Liem said, "I have a weird tooth" and looking into his mouth, we saw that his first permanent tooth had erupted behind his milk tooth instead of under it. This is known as a shark tooth. A trip to the dentist the next day, and because the milk tooth was not even wobbly, the dentist said it had to come out. Liem was a champ throughout it all, numbing gel, injection, pliers to wrench the tooth out...$141 later, we went home with Liem's first tooth in a bag. The tooth fairy gave Liem only $1 because the tooth fairy was bankrupted by the dentist. Given that teeth come up in pairs...the tooth next to this one will likely come up behind the milk tooth too, and that might be another trip to the dentist... Time to look into health insurance with dental cover....