# So how much is a tooth worth these days?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432 "2003-09-18T18:21:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432/21 "2003-09-19T00:21:27Z")

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Ewww!

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432/22 "2003-09-19T00:23:35Z")

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Ewww and a half!!! AIU, where do you FIND this stuff?

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**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432/23 "2003-09-19T01:46:55Z")

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I took my son to the dentist once and the dentist told me he only had one baby tooth left, all the rest were permanent. When he lost that one, I gave him $20. He got a dollar for all the rest though. I really wish the dentist hadn’t told me it would be his last one though. I liked playing tooth fairy.

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**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432/24 "2003-09-19T01:47:17Z")

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I wonder what the tooth fairy pays for 30 year old teeth? I still have a few baby teeth in my mouth.

The last tooth I lost was in high school. The teacher did not believe my note that said more or less ‘lost a tooth need to go to restroom’ (my mouth was filling with blood. So upon my return I gave him my tooth!

I like the golden dollars idea… will have to save some for when munchkin gets to tooth losing age!

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-is-a-tooth-worth-these-days/202432/25 "2003-09-19T01:59:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by tanookie \*  
> \*\*I wonder what the tooth fairy pays for 30 year old teeth? I still have a few baby teeth in my mouth.
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> The last tooth I lost was in high school. The teacher did not believe my note that said more or less ‘lost a tooth need to go to restroom’ (my mouth was filling with blood. So upon my return I gave him my tooth!
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> I like the golden dollars idea… will have to save some for when munchkin gets to tooth losing age! \*\*

That’s really creeping me out, **tanookie**. I wonder if you’re going to have to wait until your munchkin is in college to play tooth fairy?

This was a topic of discussion tonight with the Shibbletts. I asked my daughter how she knew that giants weren’t real (she’d just asserted such to The Boy). She allowed as how they might be real, just like the tooth fairy. 🙂

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