2 rows of teeth

About more than 1 month back, I was shocked to find that Lynn's adult tooth was growing behind her baby tooth.  I didn't know that this can happen, so I was very kan-cheong.  We wanted to book her a dentist appointment, but subsequently got the school dentist to check her.  The dentist suggested that we wait, as the baby may loosen, and she gave instruction to Lynn to shake her baby tooth often.  Her consideration was that if the tooth could loosen by itself, then she didn't need to subject Lynn to injection and extraction.

I didn't manage to get a pic of Lynn with her 2 rows of teeth, so here's a pic from the internet.  Her's look quite similar, except that one adult tooth was growing faster and taller, and another adult tooth was just erupting.  We did some research on the internet, and got to know that this phenomenal is also known as "shark teeth".

Subsequently, the dentist checked Lynn almost weekly, and we had a few more rounds of contact and discussions with her.  Whenever I shake her baby teeth, I always exclaim that they were "solid like rock!".  Finally, I went with Lynn to see the dentist on the Thursday after her performance.  The dentist finally decided that it's time for Lynn to have both front baby teeth extracted.  She explained that then Lynn didn't need to inject and extract twice.

WK's mum brought Lynn to the school on Fri afternoon for the extraction.  The dentist advised that it is better for P1 kids to be accompanied by adult, to monitor the bleeding, and to stop the children from biting or pinching their numb lips.

I asked Lynn about the experience when I got home at night, and was told that it's not painful at all.  Either the dentist's skills is good, or Lynn has high pain threshold. Finally I got a pic of her the next morning (Sat); it's amazing how fast kids recover - the holes were much smaller compare to Friday.

And the dentist actually gave us the teeth that was extracted.  Last Friday they were quite white (today they look yellowed).  I'm going to keep them as long as possible.  What an interesting experience and learning for mummy-me.