Some kids in my family start losing their milk teeth. 🦷
While we don’t do the tooth fairy 🧚 stuff, I wondered whether there’s any cool kid-friendly experiments 🔬 to do with their deciduous teeth? Like dissolving them in easily available liquids to teach them the importance of brushing, or maybe some material strength tests to show how cool enamel is?
Hit me with some cool ideas, I‘ve got a few teeth to experiment with 😃
Another experiment (with Halloween coming up) might be to string those teeth up as a necklace and observe the reactions of people noticing it…
OP said “milk teeth” so there’s a good chance Halloween isn’t a thing where they are.
I am OP 😉
Actually, Halloween is growing more and more here since I was a kid. But I guess that’s more of a commercial and outward display thing than the tooth fairy, so maybe that’s why the latter isn’t catching on?
One of the most infamous experiments is submerging the tooth in cola, to show the importance of brushing. In primary school, it was done on white eggs though, but using a tooth would be more authentic. Ironically, while the tooth should completely rot in cola, the liquid is perfect for washing household things (the sink or a toilet bowl for example).
Does it really? I tried that with some meat when I was a kid, and other than turning a little ugly not much changed.
crunchy kitty meme comes to mind
Didn’t even know that meme. Thanks 😊
…milk teeth?
To clarify, I’m American, and always heard them called baby teeth 😅
Is that not what you call them?
That’s what we call them in German. Milchzähne. I’m guessing because they develop while you’re still drinking your mother’s milk?
leave it in a dish of cola, and an entire civilisation will form!
Simpsons did it!
Digital microscopes are very affordable. Basic models up to 1000x can be found for 50 USD.
Break one up and look at the different layers under magnification.
Love that one. This definitely goes on the list.
