Most parents do not keep their children's teeth although around half of parents to save or keep their children's teeth when they fall out or at least their first tooth.
Some parents will act as the tooth fairy and tell their child to put their tooth under their pillow and during the night the parent will remove the tooth and place some money or other present under the pillow.
Then the parent will either keep the tooth or throw it out.
You should keep your child's first tooth as both a memory and keepsake and because baby teeth are also a rich source of stem cells, and it's also recommended that parents should save the baby teeth.
If a child develops an illness at some point, those cells could be the required solution.
Simply put, medical and dental professionals can use the stem cells found in baby teeth to grow other tissue
The reason it's best to let baby teeth fall out by themselves is because the permanent tooth is usually not fully developed and ready to erupt once the baby tooth naturally falls out.
If you take out or pull out the baby tooth that is ready to fall out and pull the baby tooth out to early then the permanent tooth may not yet be ready to erupt and the permanent tooth may still be undergoing development in the jawbone.
Baby teeth will eventually becomes loose enough to fall out on their own and the child will not choke on it and will remove it once it falls out.
Some kids will wiggle the loose baby tooth and it will then eventually come out but there's no need to pull the loose baby tooth as it will eventually come out on it's own.
Although it is recommended that kids do gently wiggle the tooth to help it out but there's no need to actually do so if you don't want too.
Some dentists will recommend that parents encourage kids to gently wiggle the tooth with their finger or tongue until it naturally falls out on its own.
Pulling the tooth out before it is ready however may actually cause unnecessary bleeding and pain, which could be upsetting.
Most kids will start to lose their baby teeth around age 6, but pulling them out can cause your child pain and possibly infection.
Baby teeth are also a rich source of stem cells, and it's also recommended that parents should save the baby teeth.
If a child develops an illness at some point, those cells could be the required solution.
Simply put, medical and dental professionals can use the stem cells found in baby teeth to grow other tissue.