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How do you sterilize baby teeth that are out of your mouth, for your collection?

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See below: You could boil them or clean with a bleach solution. However, there is no reason to do so.

Answered 5/15/2012

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Bleach or alcohol: You can take a cup and do 1/3 rd household bleach and rest water, keep the tooth in it for 5 to 10 min. Discard the diluted bleach and wash the tooth with water. Please keep the cup or jar of diluted bleach far far away from reach of children during that 5 to 10 min of disinfecting the tooth! can do the same with over the counter alcohol.

Answered 9/20/2012

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10% bleach: Most people just rinse them off with a little soap and water. If you truly want to sterilize the tooth though, let it soak in a 10% bleach solution for 24 hrs. Unless your baby has some deadly disease that nobody else in the family has though, (highly unlikely) this is probably overkill.

Answered 9/8/2012

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