Editing Tooth fairy (section)

=== Asia and Africa ===
In [[Japan]], a different variation calls for lost upper teeth to be thrown straight down to the ground and lower teeth straight up into the air; the idea is that incoming teeth will grow in straight.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beeler|first=Selby B.|title=Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World|year=1998|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Company]]|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-6181-5238-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/throwyourtoothon00selb/page/25 25]|url=https://archive.org/details/throwyourtoothon00selb/page/25}}</ref>

In Korea, throwing both upper and lower teeth on the roof was common.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Dental Journal – Volume 220 Issue 10, 27 May 2016 |url=https://www.nature.com/bdj/volumes/220/issues/10 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Nature |date=27 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref> The practice is rooted around the Korean national bird, the magpie. It is said that if the magpie finds a tooth on the roof, it will bring good luck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=eungihon |title=Magpies and Baby Teeth {{!}} USC Digital Folklore Archives |date=12 May 2016 |url=http://folklore.usc.edu/magpies-and-baby-teeth/ |access-date=30 September 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Some scholars think the myth derived from the word {{Lang|ko|까치}} (Ka-chi) which was a middle Korean word for magpies that sounds similar to "new teeth", or because of the significance of magpies in Korean mythology as a messenger between gods and humans.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In Middle Eastern countries (including [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Egypt]], and [[Sudan]]), there is a tradition of throwing a baby tooth up into the sky to the sun or to [[Allah]]. This tradition may originate in a pre-Islamic offering dating back to the 13th century. It was also mentioned by [[Izz bin Hibat Allah Al Hadid]] in the 13th century.<ref name=Hamdani>{{cite journal |last1=Al Hamdani |first1=Muwaffak |last2=Wenzel |first2=Marian |jstor=1258921 |title=The Worm in the Tooth |journal=Folklore |year=1966 |volume=77 | issue=1 |pages=60–64|doi=10.1080/0015587X.1966.9717030 }}</ref>

In [[Mali]], children throw baby teeth into the chicken coop to receive a chicken the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Dental Journal - Volume 220 Issue 9, 13 May 2016 |url=https://www.nature.com/bdj/volumes/220/issues/9 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Nature |date=13 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

In Afrikaans speaking families in South Africa, children leave their teeth in a shoe so that the Tandemuis (Tooth Mouse) can replace the teeth with money.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Clara |last1=Parsons |first2=Rebecca |last2=Mountain |first3=Kristina |last3=Jacobsson |first4=Felicitas |last4=Bidlack |first5=Lisa |last5=Lehmann |first6=Erin |last6=Dunn |title=Cultural diversity of traditions for the disposal of exfoliated teeth: Implications for researchers |journal=Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology |date=2024 |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=139–149 |doi=10.1111/cdoe.12928 |doi-access=free |pmid=38217075 |pmc=11852604 }}</ref>