What Is the Going Rate for Teeth?

I agree that gold dollar coins would be cool (I get those a lot when I'm using the change machine at the car wash), but my bff did the cutest thing, and I'm stealing her idea when my kids lose their teeth: she just gave a crisp, new $1 bill sprinkled with some glitter (fairy dust). Loved that idea, and am so using it on my guys in a couple years. :)

$1 for regular teeth, $2 for molars. We always give dollar coins because they seem more special than paper.

I wanted to give a quarter, but all my friends are messing it up for me. Most give anywhere between $2 and $15 (which I find ridiculous). Some give more for the first one, but I feel I don't want to set the bar so high and then have the kids be disappointed with the subsequent teeth. I think we'll stick with a dollar.

Wow. I feel cheap. For her first tooth my daughter asked for treasure. So I went to the dollar store and bought some gems and she got those. For each additional tooth it is quarter and perhaps a nickel or dime too. She is happy with small amounts and thats what we can afford.

My kids know each family has a personal tooth fairy -- so when their friends get something they don't, they aren't surprised.
My kids get $1/tooth (usually in a variety of coins that they have to count) and a present -- my daughter gets charms for a charm bracelet the tooth fairy started for her (the charms are $1.25 at Claires) and my son gets a $1 pack of superhero or star wars trading cards.

Because our oldest has had a world of problems with his teeth due to genetics our bar is pretty high. Our third is having the same problems. Our second just gets the benefits of his siblings without all the hassle.
First tooth they got something special around the $20 range. Every tooth after that has been $5.00.
Yes, it's expensive as we now have 2 that are loosing them.
But for everything my oldest went through to keep those teeth in his mouth this long, he deserves it and it keeps things positive.
He just lost one last night actually that had a lot of work done to it. You could see the filling material (we only use white fillings) etc in it. Part of me found it fascinating, part of me felt so bad. When he looses the one with the crown he may very well get $20 again for that one tooth. The story and unintentional suffering that went with it is probably going to make me cry when he looses it.
But, like I said, we're not the norm to match ;)

A"gold" dollar coin. The tooth fairy makes it herself ;)

I do golden dollars. As in 1 per tooth.

The tooth fairy was caught offguard at one point, though... so I had to dig in my travel stash, and he got some euros (metal) once or twice, and yen once. He SCORED in the exchange rate there (our house must have been the first house after the kids in the EU or Japan ;)... but in general, it's $1

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My baby brother just lost his first "hockey" tooth. My mum and his wife put their heads together and put a new mouth guard and a filled out check (for the cost of the dental work) to "Baby Brother's Wife's Shopping Fund" under his pillow. So now HE has to pay (double, to the dentist, and his wife) whenever he's stupid enough to play without his mouthguard.

"But it was "just" a pickup game!" is now met with "JUST Jimmy Choos! That's all I'm saying. Fork it over."

Our tooth fairy gives 5 Golden Dollars for the first tooth and then one Golden dollar there after. She also writes beautiful notes on the computer, with a cool font and a pretty background, which sucks when the computer crashes!! She's a strict tooth fairy and if the child doesn't go to sleep, she skips the house and comes back the next day, with a nice note saying she was unable to deliver cuz the child was still awake!!

Well, for my daughter's last ones she got a $50 PS3 game. LOL
She is 11 and had to have 4 teeth pulled at the dentist (orthodontics stuff).
But, other than that.... typically it has been a variety of things. Crisp $2 bill. (yes, the variety with the signing of the Declaration on the back) A yo-yo. Whatever.

Sometimes you get warning that it is coming and you can be prepared. Sometimes you don't (like the time we were on vacation in the mountains and my son lost a tooth at 7:00 pm and we didn't even realize it had been loose).... ummmm... what to do? Pull out some $, that's what! If you don't have the right denominations....? You tell him to hold onto it until we get home so the tooth fairy can find him! LOL

I learned with my first child, that if you make it the exact same thing every time, then you set yourself up for hassles and problems later on. So I tried to vary what they got each time.

Good luck.

We gave gold coins, $2 bills and then usually some money she would use to spend on her own or a favirote thing she had wanted for a while.

$1 and a toy Matchbox car. For the first tooth ever.

for the first tooth we gave 3 gold dollars, some quarters, and a small toy, after that it is 5 bucks.

my kids are thrilled with $1

$1 is the going rate at our house. Sometimes we add a silver dollar or some special coin.

If there is a filling in the tooth, they don't get paid. We told them the Tooth Fairy can't use damaged teeth.

Once, we went to bed and forgot to put the money under the pillow. Oops! Luckily it was a tooth my daughter had forced out. We told her the Tooth Fairy didn't have her on her schedule because she'd pulled it out early and she would probably come tonight. Whew!

Keep it humble and realistic...1.00. Keep the perspective correct I say. Some of my friends do 5.00. Some do 20.00, which I find ridiculous. It really is based upon what you feel is appropriate and what you'd like him to come to understand as fair. Good luck.

My son didn't "lose" his first tooth. He had to have it pulled since he had an accident that cracked it. The tooth fairy gave him $2 dollars for that one. I have given him 25 cents for his other two teeth that he has lost but that was cause I didn't have a dollar. For the rest of his teeth I think I'll be giving him a dollar.

We told the kids it was $5 for the first tooth, then $2 for each tooth after that. Then I didn't have a toonie when the second tooth came out, we gave another $5, and said it was more because you had to have it pulled at the dentist. Then all the other teeth had to be pulled at the dentist, so it had been $5 a tooth.

Sacajewea gold coins or a silver dollar. Basically a dollar, but we are planning to class it up.

$1.00
A quarter doesn't buy anything these days :)

Depends on how much your child understands the different denominations of money. A quarter to one kid is like a 5 dollar bill to another.

My kids had piggybanks so I always gave them change so they could put it in their banks. I know the market is different now than it was when my kids were little but I still think a dollar per "undecayed" tooth is fair for a small child.

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Our house - usually $1....however...all of my friends are different

One does $5 a tooth!! I told her I wanted to loose teeth at her house!!!

Another does $1 for the smaller ones and $2 for the bigger ones

Another friend does 50 cents...

it's a matter of what you can afford.

With the older set I made the mistake of not having any ones around and gave a five...yeah every tooth after that (times 4 kids) was five dollars.

We know have two singles sitting in my jewelry box at all times 'just in case'. Two dollars is the going rate for the younger set.

One dollar, if I remember. :p