What is National Tooth Fairy Day?
National Tooth Fairy Day, February 28th, encourages us to take a look at the past of one of dental care's little helpers. It's one of the ways our children learn good dental hygiene.
The tooth fairy is a relative newcomer to childhood fantasies, like some of the amazing creations that supervise children.
1920s
Fairies were used for all sorts of health education in the mid-1920s, from bath fairies to fresh air fairies, from bath fairies to fresh air fairies as a way to encourage children to eat their vegetables, wash behind their ears, and get a good night's sleep. In 1925, the pastes were mainly peroxide and baking soda, with fruity flavors and sparkles to get kids excited to brush their teeth. Fairy Wand Tooth Whitener's one advertisement was for a Fairy Wand Tooth Whitener. This product was supposed to remove cigarette and coffee stains from cigarette and coffee stains. We hope the commercial was targeted at both children and adults, as well as adults.
Esther Watkins Arnold, a 1927 child writer, produced The Tooth Fairy, an eight-page playlet for children. With photos of two young girls surrounded by fairies, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "proved" his assertion that fairies and gnomes are true and "verified" this year. The world was ripe with imagination and poised to have a tooth fairy come collect the missing teeth of little boys and girls and leave a coin or two behind.
