Can swallowing your own tooth kill you?

Swallowing an tooth step never be the reason of death unless its size is as big as it block your wind pipe (esophagus). Swallowing any object that is not sharp or poisonous, doesn't harm. If patient's breathing is fine there is no cause for worry. The object may take between 2-10 days to pass in the stool. read more

Unless you swallowed more than what you normally put on a toothbrush, you will be fine. It would take a lot of toothpaste to be harmful. cgi15. I only swallowed a tiny bit of what was on the toothbrush so hopefully I'm alright. read more

If your child loses a tooth and wants to retrieve his/her tooth for the Tooth Fairy, suggest writing a letter to the tooth fairy explaining what has happened. This is a much easier and less messy course of action than the above steps. Tell the child that the Tooth Fairy can use her magic to retrieve the tooth. read more