Why? Because when she was 2 she bumped her tooth. And a couple years ago when we were living in our camper she bumped it again. But apparently that time she damaged the nerve and last week the nerve revolted. It started to swell and her gums started to turn dark red. Never a good sign.
Friday, I got in contact with her dentist and sent her a picture slightly more detailed than the one below (I love email and tech save medical professionals).
You can see the swelling above her left front tooth. |
What you may not be aware of is that my daughter is 7.5, and until today she still had all her baby teeth. That's right, she hadn't lost a tooth yet. And I will say this, it's
Although I am a bit bummed this tooth cost money to come out, we were able to catch it in time to prevent damage to the adult tooth. And apparently it had a small cavity that was starting to affect the tooth next to it. So I'm just going to tell myself that it saved me some money. Yep. That reasoning works for me. NOT! Anyway...
And of course, there's the joy in my daugther's face when she smiles and shows her missing tooth. At the rate her teeth are going, that would have happened in another year or so if it happened naturally.
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