It was a belief that was instilled in me shortly after I started losing my baby teeth. My grandfather was visiting us and took out his false teeth to sleep and cleaned them in the morning. This was the first time I had seen false teeth and I made the connection that if I were more careful, I would be able to pull all of my teeth out of my mouth at the same time and be able to put them back into my mouth after cleaning or sleep. I was trying to pull out my teeth for like a week before my mom told me otherwise.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- 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
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- 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 when you lost your teeth, all of them fell out at the same time.Anon