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Lost or Swallowed Tooth Affidavit

Form TF-5 · Affidavit of Missing Tooth

Teeth go missing. They are swallowed with sandwiches, lost in sandpits and dropped down sink drains. The Department of Teeth has a long-standing procedure for this: a sworn affidavit describing the circumstances, signed by the child, so the claim can be processed without the tooth. It's official, reassuring and gives a worried child something useful to do.

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How filing works Open the Filing Desk

Exhibit A · Form TF-5

The Bureau of Whimsy

Department of Teeth

Molar Intake Division · No. 1 Enamel Way, Cloud Nine

Form: TF-5
Case No.: TF-2026-55537
Date: 10/08/2026

Affidavit of Missing Tooth

Sworn Statement

Sworn by

Maya

Last known location

Inside Maya, heading south

Circumstances

Swallowed it (by accident). Fully excusable.

Sworn statement

I, Maya, swear on my best pillow that my side tooth went down with my dinner and is now on a very private tour of my insides. I hope it is enjoying the trip.

Supporting evidence: Tongue keeps visiting the empty spot (standard symptom).
Witnessed: Witnessed by one (1) teddy bear of excellent character.

Ruling

The Department of Teeth finds this statement honest, brave and very well put. Full compensation approved. No tooth required.

Filed in accordance with the Whimsy Act. Please keep in a safe and magical place.

Form TF-5 (Rev. 2026) · Page 1 of 1

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

A tooth swallowed at dinner, a classic of the genre.
A tooth lost at school, at the park or somewhere in the car.
Teeth removed at the dentist that didn't come home.
Whenever a child is anxious that the Tooth Fairy won't visit without the tooth.

How to file it

Start at the Filing Desk

4 steps

1Start the affidavitEnter your child's first name. The form is addressed from them to the Department of Teeth.
2Describe what happenedNote where and how the tooth went missing. Short and dramatic is perfect.
3Print and signPrint the affidavit and let your child sign the declaration line themselves.
4File under the pillowLeave it where the tooth would have gone. The Department accepts properly filed affidavits in place of teeth.

Notes from the Liaison Desk

Memoranda

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

Memo 1
Let your child sign their own name. Signing a sworn statement is very grown-up and surprisingly calming.
Memo 2
A Tooth Fairy receipt the next morning closes the case nicely.
Memo 3
If the tooth turns up later, it can simply be filed as a “late submission”.

Tonight's bedtime story

All stories

Reading Room

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

6 min · or 3 min short
The Lost Teeth Office Takes the Case
Officer Thimble and her glow-worm torch search a sleeping school for a tooth lost at lunch, and remember the Department of Teeth's oldest rule: we count the gap. For children whose tooth went missing or was swallowed.
Read it tonight Put your child in it
6 min · or 3 min short
The Lost Sock Department
A small red dinosaur sock lands in the In Tray of the Lost Sock Department, and Mrs Darning and Sergeant Biscuit, a sausage dog with an excellent nose, set out to find its partner. A cosy case that ends with a reunion in the sock drawer.
Read it tonight Put your child in it
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

Questions from grown-ups

Lost or Swallowed Tooth Affidavit

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

Q.1Will the Tooth Fairy still come if my child swallowed their tooth?

In the Bureau's universe, yes. The affidavit is the official procedure for missing teeth, and the Department of Teeth honours every properly filed claim.

Q.2Should I worry about a swallowed baby tooth?

We're a paperwork bureau, not a medical one. A swallowed baby tooth usually passes without trouble, but if your child has pain, keeps coughing or has any difficulty breathing, contact your doctor straight away.

Q.3Can I use the affidavit for a tooth the dentist kept?

Yes. Dentist extractions are a recognised circumstance. Describe what happened in the form and the Department will take it from there.

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-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
Form TF-3Free
First Lost Tooth Certificate
A grand landscape certificate for the very first lost tooth, sealed and co-signed by the Hall of Firsts.
Certificate
Form OB-1Free
Bravery Certificate (Doctor, Dentist, Shots)
Office of Brave Deeds
For the brave ones after a shot, a check-up, a dentist visit or anything else that took real courage.
Certificate

From the Liaison Handbook

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
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

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Lost or Swallowed Tooth Affidavit

Affidavit of Missing Tooth

Sworn statement

Ruling

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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