I was flossing this teeth this am, we were late as usual.... and I with my usual insistence on his tooth routine, insisted that we make time to floss .. when lo and behold, I saw these little tips staring back at me ...
HIS FIRST PERMANENT TEETH ARE COMING UP ....
If you feel my caps locks are screaming at you, you are RIGHT ... I COULD NOT BE SCREAMING THAT LOUDER ...
DAMMIT ...
I have to be even more careful with the permanent teeth than I am with his baby teeth ..
I think I might die doing this ....
On a frightening note, he told me today that his tooth hurt. When I nonchalantly (on the outside - on the inside it was all jelly legs and butterflied stomach) which tooth, he pointed to his left premolar .. the one that has the biggest cavity which is the only one with the black decay in it ...
My stomach turned ...
I asked him how it felt and he said that it hurt when he ate apple or touched it ...
More stomach churning with a mental note to 911 call Dr Skodalakis on Monday.
I gently touched his gum where the new tooth is coming up and asked if that hurt, nope, he said, just this one and pointed to the premolar.
That night as I flossed and brushed his teeth, I brushed longer on the left premolar and with a little more force. It did not bother him at all. While flossing, as I ran the floss through, the floss ribbon slipped between the black enamel and white part of the tooth for the first time. I blinked with surprise a little and A who was watching my face said, "what is it?" ...
I think the black enamel might be falling off ....
So, now, is his tooth getting better or worse???? It certainly does not look worse ... but why does he say it hurts then? Is it referred pain from the new tooth coming in?? Or is his tooth feeling different now that the black enamel is getting ready to fall off??
I am not sure whether to get another xray before he leaves for Norway or not ...
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