The Tooth Fairy Legend - Child's Favorite Fairy
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Tooth Fairy Lore, Kids Dental Health, Caring for Baby Teeth
The Tooth Fairy is a wonderful night visitor who leaves little gifts or money for children in exchange for their lost baby teeth. Tooth fairy legends abound in many different cultures, each with its own special tooth fairy customs and gifts to leave behind when they take a lost baby tooth to Tooth Fairy Land.
For parents, the arrival and loss of a child's first tooth are important milestones. A baby's first tooth usually arrives at about 6 months. Kids lose their first baby tooth between the ages of 5 and 7. Then it's time for the Tooth Fairy to start visiting.
Most kids are a bit anxious about losing their first baby tooth, but after they know what it's like and that it really does not hurt to lose a baby tooth that's ready to come out. The rewards left in exchange by the Tooth Fairy also help kids to enjoy playing with wiggly teeth and pulling them when they're ready to come out.
For parents, the arrival and loss of a child's first tooth are important milestones. A baby's first tooth usually arrives at about 6 months. Kids lose their first baby tooth between the ages of 5 and 7. Then it's time for the Tooth Fairy to start visiting.
Most kids are a bit anxious about losing their first baby tooth, but after they know what it's like and that it really does not hurt to lose a baby tooth that's ready to come out. The rewards left in exchange by the Tooth Fairy also help kids to enjoy playing with wiggly teeth and pulling them when they're ready to come out.
Tooth Fairy illustration by Lee Hansen Graphics, copyright 2009
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Beyond the Tooth Fairy
Tooth loss customs and stories from around the world
The tooth fairy isn't the only one collecting kids teeth when they fall out.
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World
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The world is full of other, equally fascinating myths and traditions about what happens to children's teeth when they come out. If you come from Chile or Costa Rica, your parents will have the tooth made into a charm. If you're Venezuelan, you put the tooth under your pillow and hope that a mouse brings you money. Lots more, many pictures. Ages 4-8.
All I Want for Christmas is My 2 Front Teeth
We all go through the missing teeth stage ... some earlier than others
Baby teeth start to fall out around age 6 or 7. By the time kids reach the age of 12 or 13, most have lost their last baby tooth,replaced by a mouth full of permanent teeth.Many youngsters need to wear braces to realign crooked teeth or make room for the final adult molars.I managed to lose my first tooth very early. I was a very active child; I lost two of my front baby teeth in separate play accidents before I was 3 years old. I don't recall whether the tooth fairy left me a gift for those early lost baby teeth, but I do know that the missing teeth didn't prevent me from chomping the ears off chocolate rabbits at Easter time, not one bit.
For quite a few years my answer to the question, "What Do You Want for Christmas?" was yes, you guessed it - "My 2 Front Teeth". Not long after those 2 permanent front teeth finally arrived, I was regretting my wish - I had to wear braces for a couple years to correct a distinctly horsey overbite.
Tooth School
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
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Special Tooth Fairy Money You Can Make
Make tooth fairy currency from real paper money
Tooth Fairy Crafts
Make Special Crafts to Introduce the Tooth Fairy and Healthy Tooth Care to Your Child
Craft a fun tooth fairy house, certificate, easy tooth fairy pillow or toy - perhaps write a note for the tooth fairy on special stationery you can print.
- Tooth Fairy Gazebo Craft Sheet
- When the Tooth Fairy visits your house she'll have a nice place to rest.
- Tooth Fairy TP Roll Craft
- Tooth Fairy toilet paper roll craft.
- Sew A Tooth Fairy Pillow
- Full online directions and pattern to make your own Tooth Fairy Pillow.
- Tooth Fairy Certificate
- A note from the tooth fairy in the form of a certificate.
- Tooth Fairy Letter Paper
- Free printable stationery for kids to write a note to the tooth fairy. Fairy picture to color, with lines for writing a letter.
- Crocheted Tooth Pattern
- Whip up this cute crochet pattern in just a few hours. Makes a cute tooth 3 ½ inches tall. Embroider on a big smile and eyes.
- Easy Craft: Lost Tooth Pillow
- Free printable instructions and templates for making a tooth fairy pillow.
- Printable Tooth Fairy Letter
- Print out and check off the information for your child from the tooth fairy.
- Free Tooth Fairy Verse and Letter
- Original free Tooth Fairy verses, poems, and sayings for you to use in cards, letters, emails or speeches.
- Easy: Felt and Fabric Tooth Fairy Pillow
- Make it easy on the Tooth Fairy. Leave this little stuffed Tooth Fairy pillow with a pocket on a doorknob. Tooth Fairy can exchange a tooth for money - no fumbling in the dark under a pillow.
- Dentist Coloring Pages | Classroom Jr.
- Printable dentist coloring pages including male and female dentists, teeth, and toothpaste.
Learning About Teeth
How Many Teeth? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
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Tooth Fairy Payment Poll
How Much Is a Tooth Worth Against the Dollar?
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Tooth Fairy Gifts
Tooth Fairy Treasures
Rewards for lost teeth and good dental hygiene
Special tooth fairy gifts and tooth holders to help the tooth fairy find lost teeth and leave rewards.
- Fairy Stickers - Artists and Photographers Work
- Do You Believe in Fairies? Today we have a selection of fairy stickers from various creative folks.
- Tooth Fairy Tooth City - Picture frame, CD, Spin Toothbrush, Pouch, Stickers, Autism Library
- Premiere source for finest, most unique items celebrating your child's lost tooth. Select gifts bring fun, memories, and promote dental hygiene.
- Tooth Fairy, history and cultural traditions, loss of childrens' teeth: AmyLou Designs
- Information about the Tooth Fairy, history and cultural traditions focusing on the loss of childrens' teeth. Contact AmyLou Designs today to learn more about how you can purchase a Tooth Fairy Pillow and support the Titanium Rib Foundation.
- Tooth Fairy Gift Check
- Printable "check" for the tooth fairy to leave for taking a lost baby tooth.
Tooth Fairy Story Books
Tooth Fairy Tips for Healthy Teeth
How to Care for Baby Teeth
Advice and guidance for parents on caring for children's teeth and juvenile dental health.
- 7 Baby Tooth Care Tips
- Find out how to instill good dental habits and keep your baby's teeth clean and healthy from day one.
- How to Care for Baby Teeth
- How to Care for Baby Teeth
- CARING FOR LITTLE TEETH
- Teaching toothbrushing and tips for having cavity-free teeth
- Baby Teeth Care
- As many as 20 percent of children have cavities by the age of 3, and those cavities might be avoided with early checkups
- Keeping Your Child's Teeth Healthy
- Here are the basics about how to care for your child's teeth - and when.
- Baby Teeth: Caring for Baby Teeth
- Simple tips for keeping first teeth healthy and clean.
Childrens Dental Care Helpers
Kids Dental Health Details - Take Care of Baby Teeth
When a child's baby teeth will fall out, and how to take care of children's teeth
My granddaughter was very proud when she lost her first baby tooth and left it in a special Tooth Fairy pillow I made especially for her.Tooth Charts - primary and permanent teeth, with general ages for eruption.
Free Baby Tooth Chart - spaces to record dates as each tooth emerges
When Baby Teeth Fall Out - When the permanent teeth are ready to erupt, the baby teeth come out to make way. Here's when to expect the tooth fairy will be visiting your house.
A Child's First Dental Visit - animated, interactive story aimed at children in preschool through grade 2, presented by the ADA (American Dental Association)
Tooth Brush Chart - Get Up and Brush!
Tooth Fairy and My Dentist
My Dentist and the Tooth Fairy (Activity Coloring Book)
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160 pages of puzzles, mazes and pictures to color - ideal for children who may be fearful of the dentist or who need a better understanding of the importance of dental care.
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Toothy Adventures
Got a tooth fairy story to share?
Do you have a favorite story about losing baby teeth? I'm happy to say I did finally get all my permanent teeth. For some weird reason, I only ever developed 2 wisdom teeth. And I still have 1 of them!
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BradKamer Jan 16, 2012 @ 10:42 pm | delete
- I have a co-worker who's kids were terrified of the notion a "tooth fairy" sneaks into the their room when they slept. The fear does make sense.
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GeekGirl1
Nov 8, 2011 @ 8:44 am | delete
- Every child should have a chance to experience the tooth fairy and the magic she brings when you lose a tooth.
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valter1
Sep 20, 2011 @ 6:05 am | delete
- Really sweet lens.thanks for sharing this lens.
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ramfir Aug 19, 2011 @ 1:56 pm | delete
- I remember when I was 5, the dentist suggested not to pull out my front baby tooth. Now 28 years later, I have an overlapping front tooth. Very disappointed.
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howtobecomeadentist
Jul 28, 2011 @ 7:11 am | delete
- I remember that my dentist pulled out my front teeth, two of them at once. And it was great because I learned how to whistle! You can imagine how dissapointed was I, when my new teeth grew...))
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thornhilldental
Nov 14, 2010 @ 3:01 pm | delete
- Great lens. Children should visit the childrens dentist at an early age to promote good dental health and treat any dental problems before they become serious.
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LoKackl
Aug 22, 2010 @ 10:32 am | delete
- Too bad all baby teeth don't fall out in August, when there are no holidays to celebrate. We always celebrated my children's loss of baby teeth. My husband and I and all our children never got wisdom teeth. Must be some kind of "record." S/A Blessed.
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Pastiche
Aug 22, 2010 @ 1:25 pm | delete
- We should start a holiday for August - Tooth Day! I only had wisdom teeth on one side, and I still have the lower one. The upper was very small and erupted on its own so the dentist easily removed it. He told me that the medical theory re: missing wisdom teeth is an evolutionary marker - I guess that means your family is more highly evolved than others! Thank you so much for the blessing ...
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lasertek
Aug 2, 2010 @ 9:17 pm | delete
- Great lens! I don't recall ever receiving money or gift in exchange for my baby teeth. I better ask my mother about that.
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ladentist
Jul 19, 2010 @ 8:06 am | delete
- Sweet lens on how to get questions answered concerning dentistry.
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smileinla
Jul 19, 2010 @ 6:48 am | delete
- Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your page and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your page posts.Any way I'll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon ok thanks for sharing the views with me.
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Kate-Phizackerley
Dec 8, 2009 @ 6:00 pm | delete
- Sweet. Blessed.
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JaguarJulie
Oct 26, 2008 @ 4:13 pm | delete
- Ah, I too believed in the tooth fairy for quite some time and used to leave my bloody teeth underneath my pillow. Usually was awarded with $0.25. How sweet that the charity is My Two Front Teeth ... very neat. Awesome job! Blessings my dear.
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Pastiche
Sep 29, 2008 @ 12:20 pm | delete
- In our city-aka BaseBall Town-a dentist sponsors the semi-professional team (Reading Phillies), so at every game the Tooth Fairy comes out with a giant toothbrush to sweep clean all the bases.
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poutine
Sep 9, 2008 @ 2:03 pm | delete
- We never observed this ritual when I was a kid, but I did it for my own children.
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Tooth Fairy Stories Index
- This Lens is Dedicated to Charity
- Dog Tags for Kids
- Beyond the Tooth Fairy
- All I Want for Christmas is My 2 Front Teeth
- Tooth School
- Special Tooth Fairy Money You Can Make
- Tooth Fairy Crafts
- Learning About Teeth
- Tooth Fairy Payment Poll
- Tooth Fairy Gifts
- Tooth Fairy Treasures
- Tooth Fairy Story Books
- Tooth Fairy Tips for Healthy Teeth
- Childrens Dental Care Helpers
- Kids Dental Health Details - Take Care of Baby Teeth
- Tooth Fairy and My Dentist
- Toothy Adventures
- Tooth Fairy Bargains
- Tooth Fairy and Me - We Go WAY Back
- Tooth Fairy Adventure Coloring Book
- Squid Angel Blessings
- Tooth Fairy Lenses
- Tooth Fairy Costume
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Okay, this is extreme tooth fairy-ness. If you or some male you know willingly dresses as the tooth fairy, it would surely make any kid smile. I'd laugh - in fact, I'd LOLROFL.
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