When is National Tooth Fairy Day?
Tuesday February 28thNational 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 way 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 care in the 1920s, 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 mostly peroxide and baking soda, with fruity flavors and sparkles to get kids excited to brush their teeth. Fairy Wand Tooth Whitener was the subject of one advertisement. This kit was supposed to remove cigarette and coffee stains from cigarette and coffee stains. We hope that the ad was targeted at both children and adults, as well as adults.
The Tooth Fairy, Esther Watkins Arnold's 1927 children's book, was published in The Tooth Fairy. Fairies and gnomes are real and "verified" with photos of two young girls surrounded by fairies, the same year Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "proved" his assertion that fairies and gnomes are true and "verified." The world was brimming 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.
