Type your child’s name, tap the tooth that came out and get a tooth fairy letter that names it, with a receipt for the money, a lost tooth certificate and a log of every tooth. It also tells you what the Tooth Fairy leaves on average this year. Free, in your browser, no sign-up.
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$5.84 per tooth is the U.S. average in Delta Dental’s 2026 Tooth Fairy poll, published on February 25, 2026, up from $5.01 a year earlier. A first tooth averaged $7.17, and 38% of parents said the first one gets extra. 32% of children received a physical gift from the Tooth Fairy.
| Region | Average | Rounded to a bill |
|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $6.45 | $6 |
| West | $5.99 | $6 |
| South | $5.89 | $6 |
| Midwest | $5.27 | $5 |
| Whole U.S. | $5.84 | $6 |
| First tooth (U.S.) | $7.17 | $7 |
The poll asked 1,000 parents of children ages 6 to 12 between January 5–15, 2026, with a margin of error of ±3%. Regions are the four the poll reports; it does not give a first-tooth figure by region, so the maker uses the national first-tooth average. Source: Delta Dental press release “The Tooth Fairy gives kids a raise,” February 25, 2026, on deltadental.com. WildPrintables is not affiliated with or endorsed by Delta Dental.
The first poll, in 1998, found $1.30 a tooth. In January 2026 money that is about $2.62, so today’s $5.84 is roughly 2.2 times what inflation alone would explain. The right-hand column is our own estimate: each year’s average multiplied by the change in the Consumer Price Index from January of that year to January 2026.
| Poll | Average per tooth | First tooth | In Jan. 2026 dollars* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.84 | $7.17 | $5.84 |
| 2025 | $5.01 | $6.24 | $5.13 |
| 2024 | $5.84 | $7.09 | $6.16 |
| 2023 | $6.23 | $7.29 | $6.77 |
| 2022 | $5.36 | — | $6.20 |
| 2021 | $4.70 | — | $5.84 |
| 2020 | $4.03 | — | $5.08 |
| 2019 | $3.70 | — | $4.78 |
| 1998 | $1.30 | — | $2.62 |
Averages from Delta Dental’s press releases on deltadental.com (the 2019 figure is the previous-year number in the 2020 release, and the 1998 figure is the first poll as the 2026 release cites it): 1998 and 2026 — “The Tooth Fairy gives kids a raise,” February 25, 2026; 2025 — “The Tooth Fairy is on a budget,” February 25, 2025; 2024 — “Tooth Fairy giving drops for first time in 5 years, according to Delta Dental poll,” February 22, 2024; 2023 — “Delta Dental poll finds Tooth Fairy welcomed into most U.S. homes,” August 17, 2023; 2022 — “Tooth Fairy sets new record high for value of a lost tooth,” February 23, 2022; 2021 — “Tooth fairy giving reaches an all-time high,” February 23, 2021; 2019 and 2020 — “The value of a lost tooth is on the rise – 30 cent increase marks upward trend,” February 20, 2020. *Estimate by WildPrintables with the CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (not seasonally adjusted), series CUUR0000SA0, January values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics public API, retrieved 2026-10-02. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.
Children read these notes for the details, so the maker puts in the ones that are only theirs: their name, the exact tooth (“your lower left central incisor”), the night it came out and what the fairy left. Pick the voice that fits:
Add one line of your own (a brave dentist visit, a wiggly tooth they pulled themselves) and it prints in italics before the signature. For a first tooth, the letter says so and the certificate becomes the First Lost Tooth Certificate.
The receipt comes from the “Official Tooth Collection Office”: who the tooth was received from, the date, which tooth, a condition box you tick (sparkling clean, clean and shiny, or could use a little more brushing), the payment in big numbers, a small chart with the tooth marked and a PAID stamp. The receipt number is built from the date and the tooth, so two teeth never share one. The certificate says your child lost that tooth on that date and was very brave about it, with a seal to color and lines for the Tooth Fairy and a witness.
Children have 20 baby (primary) teeth, ten on top and ten on the bottom. On each side of each jaw there are five kinds, and the chart in the maker shows them as if you were looking at your child: their right side is on your left.
Tooth names follow the American Dental Association’s primary teeth chart. The tooth log page prints that chart with the teeth you saved shaded, and a numbered row for each of the 20 with the date and what the Tooth Fairy left — a keepsake to tuck into a baby book.
Put the details after a # in the address and this page opens with the worksheet already filled in — handy for a class newsletter, a bookmark or a link from a chat assistant. The part after # stays in your browser; it is never sent to our server.
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#name= the child’s name#style= classic, funny or late#preset= the tooth, e.g. lower-left-central or upper-right-canineCombine several with & (for example #title=…&words=…).
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$5.84 per tooth on average, according to Delta Dental’s 2026 Tooth Fairy poll of 1,000 parents of children ages 6 to 12 (up from $5.01 the year before). By region it ranged from $5.27 in the Midwest to $6.45 in the Northeast. Rounded to a bill, the maker suggests $6.
More than for the others: the first tooth averaged $7.17 in 2026 ($6.24 a year earlier), and 38% of parents said the Tooth Fairy leaves extra for it. Tick “First tooth” in the maker and it suggests $7, adds “the very first one” to the letter and prints the First Lost Tooth Certificate.
Choose the “Sorry I’m late” note. It apologizes for the delay (a windy night tangled the fairy’s wings), thanks your child for waiting and mentions the tooth and the date it fell out. Leave it under the pillow the next night with the money, and the receipt if you like.
No. The pages are drawn in your browser and nothing you type is sent to a server. The tooth log is kept only in this browser’s storage, so it is there next time on this device; you can delete it from the maker at any time. There is no account and no fee.
More personalized printables: certificate maker, reward chart maker (a brushing chart works well) and letter to Santa.