This?

Well this week we had to do it AGAIN.

Only this time they only took two more.

Poor kid, I don’t think any of his back teeth came out without assistance.

This time we went to the dentist and she did it without putting him under instead of going the oral surgeon route.  I’d seen the x-rays and I told him if he’d just let me, I could pop them out myself.  Of course, he wouldn’t.  I was right, she just popped them out with this screw driver looking tool but with the benefit of gas and numb gums.

Luckily I was able to schedule it on a day when we were both off school, but he didn’t have any long-term effects and didn’t even require a Motrin.

Now if we can ever get all those teeth to grow in, we’ll begin phase II of the great braces adventure.