{"id":187,"date":"2022-07-27T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:49:42","slug":"all-about-the-tooth-fairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/all-about-the-tooth-fairy\/","title":{"rendered":"All About the Tooth Fairy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tooth-Fairy-in-Blog-376x315.png\" alt=\"Tooth Fairy Holding a Tooth\" width=\"376\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tooth-Fairy-in-Blog-376x315.png 376w, https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tooth-Fairy-in-Blog-752x630.png 752w, https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tooth-Fairy-in-Blog-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/social-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tooth-Fairy-in-Blog.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>The Tooth Fairy is quite the fan favorite among our younger patients. With good reason! What\u2019s not to love about a cute little fairy that takes lost teeth from underneath pillows and leaves behind money?<\/p>\r\n<p>We\u2019ve heard various origin stories of the Tooth Fairy. A fairytale in 18th century France, La Bonne Petite Souris, tells the tale of a fairy that changes into a mouse to help a good queen defeat an evil king by knocking out his teeth. It\u2019s also been said that Vikings paid children for lost teeth.<\/p>\r\n<p>The tooth fairy also seems to vary in appearance around the world. In the U.S. we usually picture her as an actual fairy that flutters around in bedrooms and under pillows. In France, Belgium, and some Spanish speaking countries, she is a friendly mouse. The first known mention of the Tooth Fairy in the U.S. was 114 years ago in the Chicago Daily Tribune.<br \/><br \/>Regardless of where our favorite little tooth collector came from or what she looks like, we think she\u2019s great. The going rate for teeth has varied over the years. In 2004 the average amount of money she left was $1.78. Today it\u2019s $4.66. She collects a lot of teeth \u2013 around 300,000 per night. She must be rich, because if we do that math on today\u2019s going rate, she leaves behind $510,270,000.00 a year! We wonder what she does with all those teeth. We\u2019ve heard that she uses teeth to build the fairy community where she lives, and that she makes jewelry.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Fun Facts about the Tooth Fairy:<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>There used to be a Tooth Fairy Museum in Illinois that displayed Tooth Fairy art, books, dolls, and memorabilia.<\/li>\r\n<li>During the pandemic, the Tooth Fairy was categorized as an essential worker and was able to keep up with her duties. We wonder if she wore a mask.<\/li>\r\n<li>When she\u2019s not busy collecting teeth, she also appears in commercials for oral hygiene products, and runs an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouthhealthy.org\/resources\/activity-sheets\/tooth-fairy\/ask-tooth-fairy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advice column<\/a> with the American Dental Association.<\/li>\r\n<li>We know the Tooth Fairy prefers healthy, cavity-free teeth, so be sure to bring your child for their regular dental visits. We love seeing them and make it fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafayetteladentist.com\/request-appointment\/\">Requesting an appointment<\/a> is easy.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tooth Fairy is quite the fan favorite among our younger patients. With good reason! What\u2019s not to love about a cute little fairy that takes lost teeth from underneath pillows and leaves behind money? We\u2019ve heard various origin stories of the Tooth Fairy. 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