Two Teeth Out

About three weeks ago Sarah kept telling me that she had a bump in her mouth.  I didn't think much of it, but she kept telling me over and over for a few days, so I finally looked in and found "the bump".  It was another permanent tooth coming in on the bottom behind two baby teeth.  She had only lost one baby tooth up to that point and the baby tooth that was next to it was just barely wiggly.  This new permanent tooth that was coming in was bumped up against two baby teeth and coming in too far back.  We needed to get those baby teeth out of the way and give that permanent tooth a chance to move up in her mouth where it needs to be.... So I called my favorite dentist office in Emporia (Dr's Bennett and Bennett) for some advice, then called the dentist we go to now here in town and made an appointment for Sarah to go in and have it looked at and possibly "wiggle out" those two baby teeth that were in the way.

After being reminded by my friend, Lori, in Dr. Bennett's office to not use any four letter words when talking to Sarah about her appointment... (shot or pull) I told Sarah we would be going in on Friday and the dentist may put some medicine on her gums, then use a tool to wiggle one or two teeth out.  She seemed okay with it.  As we walked into the office, her name was called, and we walked back to the room, she still seemed fine.  She climbed up in the chair and started to watch some old Tweety Bird and Sylvester cartoons on the t.v. while she waited.  The assistant and the dentist came in and to make a long story shorter, took a look, then put a topical on her gums to numb it some, then gave her some gas, a shot, then wiggled two teeth out.  It all happened in ten minutes or less.  Sarah didn't even move or make any noises.  She did so amazing!  It did take a little bit for the gas to wear off and she needed a little extra oxygen to help wake her back up.  But once awake and up moving around, she did not complain once about her mouth hurting or even being sore.  What a trooper!  Below is an after picture of her mouth with the two teeth out.

Below is a picture of the two teeth that were "wiggled" out.  Both still had roots on them.  Sarah was excited to get to pick out two prizes from the dentist before we left.  She picked the game, Barrel of Monkeys, and the pink mustache necklace. (I told her that I thought Eric Paul would really like her pink stache!)

Another thing that Sarah was happy about was that she received this tooth shaped treasure box from the dentist to keep her teeth in.  When she lost her first baby tooth last summer she was a little disappointed that it hadn't happened while she was at school.  Evidently if a student loses a tooth while at school the school nurse will give the student a tiny treasure box to keep and store their tooth in.  Sarah really wanted one of those treasure boxes!  Now she has a purple tooth shaped treasure box!

Way to go Sarah!  You are one TOUGH GIRL!