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First Lost Tooth Certificate

Form TF-3 · Certificate of First Tooth Departure

The first lost tooth is a genuine milestone, and the Department of Teeth treats it accordingly. This landscape certificate has an ornate border, your child's name in large lettering, the date of the event and the Bureau seal. It's the kind of thing that lives on the fridge for a month and in the memory box for good.

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One page, landscape

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Exhibit A · Form TF-3

The Bureau of WhimsyDepartment of Teeth

Certificate of First Tooth Departure

On this most sparkling occasion, the Bureau proudly certifies that

Maya

has successfully lost a very first tooth at the age of 6, displaying remarkable courage, excellent wiggling technique and a smile that is now even more charming.

with all the rights, privileges and pillow visits pertaining thereto.

Issued October 8, 2026 · Case No. TF-2026-16704 · Form TF-3

Tooth Fairy

Chief Molar Inspector

Department of Teeth

Bartholomew Glitterwing

Deputy Registrar of Firsts

Department of Teeth

Scan to verify authenticity

Specimen filed for Maya, age 6. Yours carries your child’s name, its own case number and a working verification code. Scan this one with your phone to see the page your child will see.

When it’s called for

The very first tooth, whether it fell out at dinner or during a reading lesson.
A first tooth lost somewhere unforgettable, like on holiday or in a sandwich.
Alongside a Tooth Fairy receipt, for a big first-tooth morning.
For the baby book: the date is printed right on the certificate.

How to file it

Start at the Filing Desk

4 steps

1Enter the detailsAdd your child's first name and the date the tooth came out.
2Choose the wordingPick classic wording for an instant certificate, or personalise it to mention how the tooth was lost.
3Print in landscapeThe certificate prints on one Letter or A4 page. Card stock makes it feel especially grand.
4Present it properlyHand it over with a little ceremony, or leave it beside the pillow with the morning's payment.

Notes from the Liaison Desk

Memoranda

Small touches that make the paperwork land, collected from authorised grown-ups.

Memo 1
Heavier paper or card stock makes a certificate feel twice as official.
Memo 2
Write where the tooth was lost on the back in pen. It's the detail you'll forget first.
Memo 3
Photograph your child holding the certificate with their brand-new gap. Future you will be grateful.

Tonight's bedtime story

All stories

Reading Room

The Department of Teeth has stories too. Read one after the first lost tooth certificate arrives: each has a 3-minute version for tired nights.

6 min · or 3 min short
Pip's First Solo Run
Pip, the smallest courier in the Department of Teeth, carries a just-lost front tooth from a sleeping boy's pillow to the Enamel Castle on her very first solo flight. A gentle one for the night a tooth comes out.
Read it tonight Put your child in it
6 min · or 3 min short
The Chief Molar Inspector's Crooked Stamp
The Chief Molar Inspector tells a nervous new recruit about her very first tooth inspection: the strawberry jam, the listening shell and the crooked stamp she still keeps framed. A warm story for first-day nerves.
Read it tonight Put your child in it
5 min · or 3 min short
The Pillow Inspector Calls
A very small inspector from the Bureau's Office of Pillows arrives at bedtime to test a pillow for sinkage, quietness and a proper cool side. The final test can only be done by a head of the proper size, resting on it all night.
Read it tonight Put your child in it

Questions from grown-ups

First Lost Tooth Certificate

Plain answers about this document, for the grown-ups doing the filing.

Q.1Can I make a first tooth certificate if the tooth was lost or swallowed?

Absolutely. The certificate celebrates the milestone, not the tooth itself. For the missing tooth, the Lost or Swallowed Tooth Affidavit handles the paperwork.

Q.2What size is the certificate?

It prints landscape on a single Letter or A4 page, with margins that suit most home printers.

Q.3Is there a version for later teeth?

For every tooth after the first, the Tooth Fairy receipt or letter is a better fit. The certificate is designed to mark the first one.

All Department of Teeth forms

Cross-references

Form TF-1Free
Tooth Fairy Receipt
A pocket-sized intake receipt for the tooth: case number, inspection notes and the amount paid under the pillow.
Receipt
Form TF-2Free
Tooth Fairy Letter
A personal thank-you letter from the Tooth Fairy, on Department of Teeth letterhead, with a P.S. kids read twice.
Letter
Form TF-5Free
Lost or Swallowed Tooth Affidavit
Swallowed it? Lost it at school? A sworn statement the Department accepts in full, tooth or no tooth.
Official form
Form TF-4Free
Tooth Fairy Forgot? Delay Notice
The tooth is still there this morning? This official notice explains the (very magical) delay and confirms collection tonight.
Official form

From the Liaison Handbook

Department of Teeth
The First Lost Tooth: Traditions, Tips and Keepsakes
From the first wobble to the morning after, here's how to make the first lost tooth a milestone your child remembers fondly.
4 min read
Department of Teeth
Tooth Fairy Money and Traditions: What Families Actually Do
There's no official rate, whatever the playground says. Here's how to choose an approach that suits your family and lasts for every tooth.
4 min read
Department of Teeth
What to Do When the Tooth Fairy Forgot
It happens in the best-run households. Here's how to rescue the morning, keep the magic intact and turn a missed visit into a better story.
4 min read

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First Lost Tooth Certificate

Certificate of First Tooth Departure

When it’s called for

How to file it

Notes from the Liaison Desk

Tonight's bedtime story

Questions from grown-ups

Often filed together

From the Liaison Handbook

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