Wynn's "At-Home-Losing-A-Tooth-Surgery"

Wynn has had a tooth that he has been passionately wiggling the past few days in hopes he would have a tooth to present to the tooth fairy this weekend. You remember being a kid, having a tooth seem loose, and wiggling it until it actually was loose. Well, that was Wynn this weekend. He wanted to get that three dollar bill from the tooth fairy. We told him a two dollar bill was the closest he would get, although he might even get a nickel. He was even more excited about the nickel. Finally, today after church, he had wiggled it the the point that it probably was actually loose.

When the loose tooth was confirmed loose by our family dentist, (We'll give her a fictitous name-Teri), Wynn decided he wanted to try the "plier method." It is a method often used by parents to tease their children (and by dentists using methods originating in the Revolutionary War). So we located an old pair of pliers for the occasion. We made sure they were plenty rusty or it wouldn't work just right. (See enlarged picture).

As with most surgeries, large amounts of gauze and blood-soaking material were needed. However, no anesthesia was needed, the tooth came out, and Wynn was as excited as could be.

Now all that was left to do was prepare the tooth for showing to friends by soaking it in a glass of dihydrogen oxide. And smiling for the camera. Thanks for doubling as a dentist, Mom!