My grandmother has dentures and when I was little I saw her take them out once and thought that everyone could do that, so I tried to take my teeth out.
A childhood belief about general
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 thought "Angel of the Moring", by Juice Newton said "just brush me teeth before you leave me"!!!Anon