The doublewide and the shark tooth, in one fell swoop

When Mallory's teeth first came in, we were surprised to see that she had a doublewide - a single large tooth where two normal teeth should have been. (I would link back to when I first wrote about it, but it's come to my attention that The Powers that Be have *poofed* my old blog. RIP, TooManyCooks - The Original.) Recent trips to the dentist assured us that she would more than likely replace that doublewide with two regular adult teeth when the time came.

A month or two ago we noticed that she had a new adult tooth coming in in the doublewide's spot... but the doublewide was still there. The new tooth was coming in behind. It turns out that it is called a 'shark tooth' when the teeth start to create multiple rows like this, and thankfully it's pretty common and often fixes itself. Such was the case with Mallory. It did not take long for her original doublewide baby tooth to loosen a little and just this week, it fell out - probably the shortest lag between first loosening and then falling out of any of her teeth. Our hope is now that the adult tooth will work its way forward a little as it grows in, though who am I kidding - our kids did not receive any favours in the dental genes department, so I am sure we have orthodontics in our future regardless.

Not to mention, the adult tooth is pretty much the same size as the doublewide baby tooth. If she does indeed sprout another regular adult tooth, I have no idea where it will fit.

She also lost one of her top center teeth while we were away - hence these pictures - so she has been raking it in from the tooth fairy lately! (If you embiggen the first shot, you can just make out the two rows of teeth on the bottom.)