My biggest fear for Alex right now is that one day he’s going to open his mouth and display a horror show of missing teeth, yellowed stumps and strange misshapen gums to the world.

Yesterday morning, I was watching Alex brush his teeth.  His usual method takes him about 10 seconds, so I started singing the Alphabet song to him to make him brush longer. Impatiently, I took the brush from him and did a little brushing for him. His back gums, which seem very overgrown to me, seemed a little puffy. Then his front gums began to bleed a little.
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