The cost of the Tooth Fairy

All parents have come to this situation, how much should the Tooth Fairy pay for a tooth?

In a survey by the Chicago Dental Society earlier this year, more than half of the respondents thought $1 per tooth was a fair price for the Tooth Fairy. However, 16 percent said the Fairy should pay $2 per tooth, and 17 percent said $5 per tooth.

There are several things to consider when thinking…

The painful history of dentists in the movies.

The Slate.com has published a nice video slideshow showing different ways that dentists have been portrayed in the movies.

Laffing Gas (1914)

The Dentist © 1932, Synergy Entertainment.

The Strawberry Blonde © 1941, Turner Entertainment Co.

Cactus Flower © 1969, Columbia Pictures.

Marathon Man © 1976, Gelderse Maatschaappij

The In-Laws © 1979, Warner Bros.

10 © 1979, Orion Pictures Co.

Little Shop of Horrors © 1986, Geffen Film Co.

Wild Hogs © 2007, Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

The Secret Lives of Dentists © 2002, Manhattan Pictures International.

Reign Over Me © 2007, Columbia…