{"id":1476,"date":"2024-03-27T21:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/what-do-different-cultures-do-with-baby-teeth\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T21:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:31:40","slug":"what-do-different-cultures-do-with-baby-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/what-do-different-cultures-do-with-baby-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Different Cultures Do With Baby Teeth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/03\/baby-teeth-traditions-2024_543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"543\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/03\/baby-teeth-traditions-2024_543.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/03\/baby-teeth-traditions-2024_543-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/03\/baby-teeth-traditions-2024_543-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>WE DENTAL HEALTH<\/b> professionals tend to be big fans of the Tooth Fairy. We can remember leaving a baby tooth under the pillow and looking forward to finding a nice reward the next morning. Other parts of the world have their own fascinating traditions with baby teeth too.<\/p>\n<h3>How About a Tooth Mouse?<\/h3>\n<p>Many European and Latin-American countries have a Tooth Mouse instead of a Tooth Fairy. She&#8217;s called La Petite Souris (&#8220;the little mouse&#8221;) in France, and &#8220;Raton Perez&#8221; in Spanish-speaking countries, and the Tooth Mouse swaps teeth under pillows for little gifts or money.<\/p>\n<h3>Toss Teeth for Luck<\/h3>\n<p>In China and Japan, kids toss their lower baby teeth upwards and their upper baby teeth downwards (or bury them) as a symbol of their hope that their adult teeth will grow in strong and in the right position. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnZmJHlcj2M?rel=0\" width=\"543\" height=\"305\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Medieval Superstition<\/h3>\n<p>Medieval Europeans used to bury or burn baby teeth so that witches couldn&#8217;t use them against the person and so they wouldn&#8217;t impact their afterlife. Our Tooth Fairy tradition originated from much later European folklore, with the version we recognize developing in the early 1900s with the help of Disney&#8217;s popular fairy characters.<\/p>\n<h3>What Are Your Baby Teeth Traditions?<\/h3>\n<p>One important thing all these traditions does is help kids feel more excited about the sometimes-scary process of losing baby teeth. Does your family do something different with baby teeth? We&#8217;d love to hear more of our patients&#8217; traditions. And no matter what your traditions are, make sure you&#8217;re taking great care of baby and adult teeth alike!<\/p>\n<h4>Bring us your questions about dental care!<\/h4>\n<h6>Top image used under <span style=\"color: #2a7abd;\"><a style=\"color: #2a7abd;\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/share-your-work\/public-domain\/cc0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC0 Public Domain license<\/a><\/span>. Image cropped and modified from original.<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #d9d9d9;\">The content on this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health providers with questions you may have regarding medical conditions.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>WE DENTAL HEALTH<\/b> professionals tend to be big fans of the Tooth Fairy. 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