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Why Do Our Teeth Fall Out?  

If Mimi’s teeth can just fall out, could my eyeball fall out? Could my arm fall off?

Hello, kiddos,

This is Professor Mordy Maven, Thinker, Wonderer, and Figure-Outer of all things Science-ish. What that basically means is I try really hard to figure stuff out. I do the hard work so you don’t have to!

Tonight at supper, we had spaghetti and meatballs. Suddenly I heard this loud slurping sound. I looked across the table and saw my little sister slurp a strand of spaghetti right up between her teeth. First, I thought, hey, cool!

Then I thought, Whaaat? Why does she have a space where her front tooth used to be?

I asked my mother and she said, “Oh, Mimi’s tooth fell out today.” All matter-of-fact, like body parts falling off was totally normal. And that got me kind of nervous. Because if Mimi’s teeth can just fall out, could my eyeball fall out? Could my arm fall off? What’s going on around here? Help!

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