Meet eight-year-old 'Jaws' boy with TWO rows of gnashers - after milk teeth fail to fall out

Zak Brown (pictured) has two rows of teeth - leadingto the nickname 'Jaws'


An eight-year-old boy - nicknamed 'Jaws' by his friends - has grown a second row of teeth after suffering from a condition known as 'paediatric shark teeth'.

Zak Brown, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, must spend extra time brushing and visiting the dentist to maintain his two sets after his baby teeth did not fall out when his permanent teeth pushed through the gums.

And Zak's condition also means he has suffered the cruel misfortune of not losing a tooth before growing too old to believe in thetooth fairy.

However, he did lose his first baby tooth last week and it is hoped it will signal the start of normality for Zak.



Zak has a second set of teeth growing behind his baby teeth on both his upper and lower jaws

His mother, civil servant Claire, 38, suspected something was wrong when he got his first extra tooth through.

'It looked really odd, and they kept on coming. All the while he wasn't losing his baby teeth.'

What was actually happening inside Zak's mouth was that his permanent teeth, which would usually help push out baby teeth, were coming through.

But instead they came in behind the first teeth and failed to move the baby ones out.

So while his older sister, Niamh, 10, and younger brother, Finley, six, were cashing in on the tooth fairy, Zak was getting frustrated.

She said: 'It did bother him. It doesn't hurtand he has no problems eating but he wouldcomplain and wish his teeth would come out whenever they lost a tooth.

'He was gutted. He would try and wiggle and wiggle his teeth to make them come out but nothing ever happened.

'But he's got used to it now. His friends call him 'Jaws' because he's got a second set of teeth just like sharks do.'

Zak's first permanent tooth came through about a year ago, with the others following shortly after.

The eight-year-old's first permanent tooth came through about a year ago, with the others following shortly after

Both she and Zak's father, engineer Richard, 45, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, were pleased when he finally lost his first baby tooth.

She said: 'We gave him £10 to a-bait him. It's funny because he's so old now he doesn't even believe in the tooth fairy anymore.'

Zak is such a showman that if anybody asks about his teeth, he is happy to show them.

The footy-mad lad is now on a waiting list to get his baby teeth extracted to allow other adult to come through. He will then more than likely need a brace.

But, she said: 'Unfortunately there is now a good two or three year wait to see the orthodontist.