The origin of the tooth Fairy is one of the least historically documented stories in the folklore of Western civilization. The idea of financial exchange between fairies and people is a practice that took place in many countries. Since fairies could take on any form their activities and descriptions varied from country to country.

Through ages people had many traditional beliefs, including: the presence of supernatural beings such as fairies and evil spirits, the body was magically connected, and the rodents played an important role in disposing of baby teeth. These were very important customs and rites not only in Europe, but worldwide. The different cultures of humanity believed that the proper disposal of baby teeth, in the past times known as milk teeth, was very serious business indeed.

In Britain, as in America, the Tooth Fairy is celebrated today in a ceremony involving the tradition of leaving a coin under a child's pillow in return for the child's milk tooth. The Tooth Fairy always comes during the night and takes the tooth back to the tooth museum. And, of course, she always leaves a coin in its place.

The Tooth Fairy knows-and so do children everywhere-that baby teeth are safe in the baby tooth museum, where they will last forever.