A Fun Day at the Dental Clinic: A Little Patient’s First Filling
$28.57 English/Spanish (Hardcover)
About the book…
“A Fun Day at the Dental Clinic: A Little Patient’s First Filling” is a delightful storybook intended to be a tool for parents and their children. The story guides a nervous child, Lewy, through a successful dental appointment using carefully written descriptions to melt away Lewy’s resistant feelings and build up his confidence. The illustrations help in creating a relation to common life in order to develop Lewy’s cooperation and trust. “A Fun Day at the Dental Clinic” is written with a gentle approach in hopes to clearly and calmly portray a positive experience in the dental chair.
Keep those faces smiling… even in the dental chair. With a little dose of education through reading at home, parents can offer those smiling faces bravery by calmly explaining a dental procedure…. in a positive way.
This book belongs on every child’s reading list and on every child’s bookshelf! In a world where professions are evolving and medicine is advancing, this book is filled with information that will not only keep your child captivated, but also informed about their dental care. Five stars!!!!! Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2023
About the author….
Sheri Solseng Trif, DH, ADT is both a licensed Dental Hygienist (DH) and Advanced Dental Therapist (ADT) in Minnesota. What is an ADT? An ADT is a new dental team member, who works under a collaborating dentist; similar to a nurse practitioner, but in the dental field. Patient education and communication are paramount for a child to successfully complete treatment in the dental chair. The following lines come from her book:
“Miss Claire turned on Mr. Whistle and I could feel water sprinkling on my tongue and teeth as it was saying, ‘Choo-Choo!’ The water and vacuum felt cool. Robby held Mr. Thirsty against my tongue, slurping up water and sugar bugs, ‘slurp, sluuuuurp’.”
In order to achieve a child’s cooperation during their dental appointment, Sheri uses distractions and silly stories to complete dental treatment. Sheri wrote “A Fun Day at the Dental Clinic” as an educational tool to help establish good helpers (ages 2-10) in the dental chair.
Dental Bravery 