An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt ... Plush tooth monsters made of children's baby teeth. How adorable. And by "adorable" I mean "horrifying." Still, if I had a kid this would definitely ...

According to dental researcher Rosemary Wells, ancient cultures had a variety of ways of dealing with baby teeth, as described in her essay “The Making of an Icon: The Tooth Fairy in North ...

After all, the ritual of children placing their shed baby teeth under their pillows ... in her 1991 essay “The Making of an Icon”): (1) the tooth was thrown into the sun; (2) thrown into ...

For kids, lost baby teeth are generally cause for celebration, as the tooth fairy is dishing out more cash than ever, with a national average of $5.36 per tooth. In celebration of National Tooth Fairy ...

And for parents, many want to mark the occasion with an extra special visit from the tooth fairy. When Frankie’s daughter lost her first baby tooth, she knew she had to ensure the milestone ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Some 100,000 baby teeth collected for the historic St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey initiated in 1958 but never ...