Shark Teeth

Yesterday 3 of my 4 kiddos lost a tooth.  The 4th child has 4 loose teeth and Princess can't wait to loose her first.  Archer lost his final molar, so he is done with the baby teeth.  Angel lost a tooth and so did Picasso.  With Picasso's tooth something strange was going on.  When his dad checked on the wiggly tooth he noticed the permanent tooth was already growing in BEHIND the baby tooth!  Not good.  The baby tooth was wiggly enough that they were able to yank it.  We were extremely worried about the fact that his tooth came in the wrong spot.  We figured we were looking at braces to pull it forward. 

Not Picasso, but shows the issue.

I did a quick search on the web and found THIS website by Dr. Dean Brandon.  Can you say relief?  Turns out that this is a fairly common occurance and happens to about 1 out of every 10 kids.  It's often referred to as "shark teeth", as that is how sharks grow their teeth.  Since the baby tooth came out the permanent tooth will move forward into place on it's own.  No braces!  We can already see a difference in the placement of that tooth. 
Isn't the body just way cool?!?