Last One Gone

The four middle teeth on top and the four on bottom are called incisors and children begin losing their first baby teeth around the age of 6 or 7. Once each of these teeth became loose, Davey couldn’t help fixating on the offender. Rather than letting it take its course, he compulsively wiggled the loose tooth until he freed it from his mouth and collected another Tooth Fairy dollar coin for his trouble. His left upper lateral incisor was his latest trophy and the last of the eight baby teeth he is expected to lose at this period of his life.  It became loose Sunday morning and he worked on it all day. He reached his goal 30 minutes after lights out last night and collected his hard won bounty this morning.