Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy ...

Hail the tooth fairy today — the mythical, money-leaving, enamel-loving creature that takes the sweet baby teeth of our sleeping children in the dead of night and pays all of $3.70 — when she ...

2. The Tooth Fairy was waylaid by bad weather. "I confess I pulled the old 'Oh, the Tooth Fairy didn't come last night because it was raining, and the rain would have ruined her wings' trick when ...

In the U.S., we have the Tooth Fairy, a fantastical nocturnal creature who slips into a sleeping child's room to take a baby tooth left under the pillow and leave a gift of money.

Leah left a note for the Tooth Fairy, advising TF that she'd be sleeping in her brother's room that night, ... "Um, I don't think the Tooth Fairy brings the same amount every time," I said.

My 7-year-old just lost her upper right central incisor. Well, more accurately, she grabbed a plastic spoon and dug into the socket where the tooth was hanging by a thread and extracted it. I deal ...

I'm sure the Tooth Fairy will accept this note in lieu of a tiny tooth. ️" Lena said she has lost several teeth already, including on past trips to Tennessee and St. Croix, but this is her first ...

February 28 is National Tooth Fairy Day, and according to a new poll, lost baby teeth are taking a bigger bite than ever out of parents’ wallets. The Original Tooth Fairy Poll, sponsored by ...

Lena's mom later told WHNS that the tooth fairy did exactly that — and even wrote her daughter a message in return. "She said, 'Lena, it is OK that you have lost your tooth on the airplane.