I thought that, because I was losing my baby teeth and getting bigger teeth, that the older you got, the bigger teeth you got. I had trouble imagining my grandma's teeth because I thought they were supposed to be really big.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- Until I was around 8 or 9 years old, I thought dentists took your teeth out and replaced them with new teeth.— Verapamilo
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- I use to believe in the toothfairy until i found all my missing baby teeth in my mom's jewlery box drawer.— Ashley Bailey