About Me: I am a chatty Certified Dental Assistant who has worked in Dentistry forever and I still believe in the
Toothfairy ! Toothfairycyberspace is both whimsical and informative, designed to make you smile! The name Faerie is
probably a combination of the words fae "friend" and eire "green." So Faerie means " Green Friend ". Please point your
cursor over the many little images, enjoy my interactive links or pop up word messages. Find the baby molar tooth on the
top left side of screen and click on it to see LEGO Toothbrush or LEGO surprise found under one lucky child's pillow!
For something really funny. . .just find the animated magical mouse further down on left side of page and click on it.
Turn up your sound and listen . . . it includes a tooth brushing song ! If you believe in my efforts you can now follow me
on Twitter @toothfairycyber.
In France, Spain, Mexico and province of Quebec... the Tooth Fairy tranforms into a Magical Mouse who takes the
teeth and brings good luck and gifts to the child ! In Mexico, the little Tooth Mouse would take baby teeth and leave a
coin in payment. He would use the teeth to replace the ones he lost from chewing on tough stuff. In parts of India,
China, Korea and Japan, baby teeth are also thrown on the roof for good luck. Some cultures throw lower teeth under the
bed. Parents also may like to store the little teeth as a keepsake, which are occasionally made into little charms or other
jewelery. In Brazil these little tooth jewels are sometimes gold-plated.
Worldwide there is much folklore, interesting tales, stories, fables, myths, legends about the customs and beliefs
surrounding lost baby teeth. My personal favourite belief is that a young fairy gave a shiny coin to a human child in
exchange for their tooth...thereby re-establishing the lapsed friendship between fairies and humans.
I spread my wings to create DENTAL & TOOTH FAIRY LINKS. Please explore the world's biggest toothpaste collection. Includes many more informative + educational dental online resources, + dental funstuff too !
Tooth Mouse Legend, additional Fairy Lore, Fairy Cards, Music, Dental Art Cards, Books, Pet Dental info and much much more ! LOTSA research went into creating it so please do fly by to take a peek !
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Thanks to all of you for the great response to this Dental Work ! Don't be Internet shy... please do sign my guestbook so I know that you have come for a visit ! I welcome and appreciate your comments...with over 950 worldwide entries my goal now is 1000 !
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History...
The ancient Egyptians believed the sun made teeth strong, so they threw lost teeth towards the sun. Vikings had a
"tooth fee " given to children in exchange of their baby tooth. This mysterious belief was thought to bring luck and
power in battle. Centuries ago in Europe, parents ground children's teeth into a powder and ate it to protect their
children from witches. They were superstitious that if a witch got hold of the tooth, a curse could be placed on their
child. ( Like hair & fingernails, they're DNA ) Mothers in England sometimes tossed teeth into the fire to burn them.
Lost teeth were often buried under a rock in the ground outside in the garden. This was also to hide them from witches.
As people migrated to other countries many of their superstitions followed them. Many folks lived in towns and cities
with less land surrounding them, so they began placing lost teeth in small flowerpots or planter boxes. Eventually this
rite too changed, and the teeth were placed under a child's pillow at night.
~~ Mouse, skunk and dragon animations copyright Kitty Roach ~~ DISCLAIMER: To the best of my knowledge I have given proper credits and links for the graphics used, the rest I believe may be freely distributed. Please e-mail me if a proper credit has not been given and I will be happy to do so.
Canadian Dental Assistant's Association
C D A A honoured me with The National Practitioner Award, " For being a unique ambassador for the dental assisting profession; promoting dental assisting and good oral health to the public through use of the Internet and for work with the C D A B C to develop their website." Click the photo above to see trophy and read details.
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Promoting Surfing Safetyamong youths and parents
A Smile is the same in all languages ... Please Protect it !
Please be sure to Brush Your Teeth and Floss ' Em so you get rid of the Sugar Bugs since the
Toothfaery prefers teeth without cavities or fillings ! Also brush your tongue to prevent smelly DRAGON
or stinky SKUNK breath !!
Toothfairy Pillows for your children are now being offered by me. Wonderfully crafted in USA. Personalized 60+
great themes for boys and girls ! Thank-you kindly, your orders & my "sponsors" are now helping to support my website
and online efforts. The props manager for Tooth Fairy movie ordered a " Mr. Tooth " pillow as seen above !
Do you wonder what the Tooth Fairy does with all the teeth she collects ? Some are recycled into tooth jewelry
which is popular among some cultures, the remainder are recycled and ground up into very fine * fairy dust *
< Click on the animated fairy dust...experience magical fantasy ! The going rate per tooth varies depending
on the economy and how many teeth were lost that day. . .Quarters and $1 or $2 coins are popular! Sometimes a
first lost tooth witout fillings or cavities can fetch up to $5.00 bill paper money!
Certified Dental Assistants of British Columbia
C D A B C honoured me with Certificate of Merit Award "In recognition of significant service to the profession by encouraging and promoting the education, skills, and pride of Certified Dental Assisting."
Pediatric Dentist's fun + informative site includes diagrams charting Eruption Patterns of primary " baby "
+ permanent " adult " T E E T H.
~ Thank-you to my Dental sponsors ! I'm very grateful for your support ~
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Teeth are D N A samples. They may be professionally preserved for possible future stem cell use ! "There is
an abundant source of adult stem cells in your child's baby/primary teeth. One day the Tooth Fairy may save your
child's life ." To see charting for which teeth can be used click here. Save a tooth-save a life !
Pet + animal themed
jewelry with personality !
Ladybugs too. . . fly over to
visit The MagicZoo.
Cool name badge section.
The Toothfairy traditionally helps to mark major developmental stages in life, the passage from infancy to childhood,
pre-teen and teenage years. She visits believers who have lost a baby tooth, and placed it under their pillow while sleeping
at night. Sometimes baby teeth are also called "milkteeth". In North America, Australia, and Europe the Toothfairy
traditionally appears as a female winged sprite who leaves behind small gifts, coins or sometimes paper money to replace
a lost baby tooth. Note : Toothfairy's * MAGIC * disappears if she is " Seen ".
" Ladybugs " were mashed and placed into a cavity to cure a toothache in " Old Folk Medicine " betcha didn't know that !
