The Tooth Fairy promotes good dental hygiene from a young age.
Their study also notes that in 2015, the Tooth Fairy gave out a total of $256 million dollars! They’ve found that in 12 of the past 13 years, trends in Tooth Fairy payouts have correlated to movement in the S&P 500 (the American stock market index).
Insurance group Delta Dental has been tracking average Tooth Fairy rewards since 1998, and comparing their results to stock market activity. Whereas, 5 percent of children received $20 or more per tooth bringing the nationwide average to $3.19. According to various sources, some Viking warriors would later wear their children’s teeth as talismans, believing they’d bestow good luck and protection in battle.Īccording to an annual survey conducted by Visa, 32 percent of children receive a single dollar per tooth, which is by far the most common amount. The ancient poem “Grimnismal” even notes that Alfheim, the “fairy world” was given to their god Frey as a “tooth gift” in his youth. In Norse mythology from 13th century Scandinavia, a reference is made to the tand-fé (“tooth fee”), a small payment from parent to child to recognize the other side of the milestone-when an infant’s first tooth came in. In Norway and Finland children are warned of Hammaspeikko, the “tooth troll” who comes to take away children who don’t brush. These traditions may seem fun and innocent, however not all traditions are cheery. In India, Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines, children throw their lower teeth upward and their upper teeth to the floor, to encourage the new adult teeth to grow in straight. Throwing teeth is a common practice in several countries, like in Turkey, Mexico, and Greece, where children traditionally toss their baby teeth onto the roof of their house. In the Middle East, children will throw their baby teeth into the sky (or “to the sun”) and pray for better teeth to replace the lost ones. Longstanding Traditions įor hundreds of years, cultures around the world have been celebrating lost baby teeth. If he takes his little tooth and puts it under the pillow when he goes to bed the Tooth Fairy will come in the night and take it away, and in its place, will leave a little gift.” The story was later popularized by Esther Watkins Arnold’s 1927 play for children, The Tooth Fairy.
A reader, Lillian Brown, wrote that “Many a refractory child will allow a loose tooth to be removed if he knows about the Tooth Fairy. The Tooth Fairy first appeared in a Chicago Daily Tribune “Household Hints” column in September 1908. There are a variety of stories and tales about the Tooth Fairy that are told internationally about who she is, where she lives, how baby teeth became valued, what she pays for baby teeth, her hygiene expectations, a museum, and even a national holiday! Once collected, the children’s baby teeth are stored in a tooth library where the names of all the children around the world are posted.Ĭhildren lose 20 baby teeth over the course of a few short years that’s a lot of teeth! So, the Tooth Fairy gives some of the teeth to her friends to make jewelry out of them. It is said that she lives in a castle and keeps tracks of children’s teeth in a log book and checks it before doing her nightly rounds. However, the Tooth Fairy is very stealthy, and no one has claimed to catch her in the act of retrieving teeth from under their pillow. The Tooth Fairy is said to be a 3 to 4-inch-tall fairy who wears a white dress and white slippers with wings that sparkle with glitter when she moves.
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