Parents Wrote The World's Funniest Letter From The Tooth Fairy

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Two creative parents came up with a novel way to tell their son the importance of brushing his teeth.

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Henry Warren said he and his wife of nearly 10 years Emma encourage their two oldest children -- 8-year-old Sam and 5-year-old Alexa-Mae -- to practice good dental hygiene. But they've run into a few bristles.

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Henry Warren, a father-of-three living in London, became frustrated at his son's haphazard approach to teeth cleaning and so devised a plan with the help of the tooth fairy.

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Henry Warren's son Sam recently lost a tooth, and Warren decided the tooth fairy needed to respond in a way that encouraged his son to get better at dental hygiene. The resulting letter will prepare Sam for a lifetime of dealing with dodgy gym membership contracts.

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So when Sam lost his tooth last Saturday, he placed it under his pillow expecting a bit of money.

Instead, what he found was a £1 coin with a letter "from the desk of Barry T. Tooth Fairy."

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Henry, posing as Barry T. Tooth Fairy, 'delayed' the payment and when he finally delivered the pound coin in exchange for the tooth he also left a letter.

The formal note addressed to Henry's son explained that there had been a delay in the payment due to the sub-standard quality of the tooth.

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It reads: 'We expect a certain amount of wear and tear on the teeth we appraise.

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However, in this case your tooth had to be referred up to the committee for further analysis.

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Here is the tooth letter in full:

Dear Mr. Warren,

This letter is to inform you that I have now taken receipt of your tooth and it is being duly processed in our system.

You will have noticed there has been a delay in your payment for the tooth, Mr. Warren, I have to inform this is due to the condition in which we found said tooth.

We expect a certain amount of wear and tear on the teeth we appraise. However, in this case, your tooth had to be referred up to the committee for further analysis.

We believe this is due to the lack of care and attention by yourself. We have detected more than trace amounts of Fanta and residual amounts of both cereal and chocolate which have not been removed by appropriate brushing technique.

We recommend you review your practice here as a matter of urgency.

Mr. Warren we will accept the tooth on this occasion but we need your assurances that the condition of your next tooth will be significantly better or we will withhold payment.

Sincerely yours,

Barry T. Tooth Fairy

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The hilarious letter was posted by father of three Henry Warren on Twitter, where it quickly went viral with more than 5,000 retweets and more than 14,000 likes.

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After the ingenious letter went viral on Twitter, Henry Warren spoke to BuzzFeed about Sam's reaction to the tooth fairy's correspondence

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He said his son wasn't "upset, but he was a little bit worried that Barry had written such a stern letter."

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"We’re sure that Barry was just processing the tooth through the proper channels," Henry said. "He’s a stickler. One has to be these days."

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The father even received a pat on the back from dental hygiene company Colgate who tweeted: 'A healthy smile is a happy smile! Many thanks to Barry T. Tooth Fairy for helping us keep smiles bright.'

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And although the parents admit they've received a bit of flack online for the note, they feel "one can never be too young to be made aware of good dental hygiene and the power of petty bureaucracy."

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Henry Warren added that people should really spare the tooth fairy any judgment.

"He has a lot to put up with," he quipped.