Folklore in children's odontology.
Popular customs with regard to tooth replacement are closely linked to magical ideas. The most important ones--such as throwing the tooth on the roof, giving it to mice or hiding it in different places--occur in places which are very far distant from one another, indicating that these customs originate from ancestral cultures.
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D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000523:psychology*; D005495:Folklore; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic; D051379:Mice; D014080:Tooth Exfoliation / Q000523:psychology*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous