Picture book written and illustrated by Liesbet Slegers. Clavis: New York, 2007. Through bright and bold pictures readers go on a visit to the dentist with a little boy. We learn about what dentists wear, the tools they use, what happens during a dental exam, and how to keep our teeth healthy. An activity […]
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Picture book based on the TV series Peppa Pig created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. Scholastic: New York, 2016. Peppa and her brother George are going to the dentist. It’s George’s first time, and he is a little nervous. Peppa, the dentist, and Nurse Rabbit all help to make George feel better about going
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Easy reader by Shelley Swanson Sateren and illustrated by Mary Sullivan. Picture Window Books: Mankato, MN, 2012. Max has to have two baby teeth pulled out by the dentist to make room for his grown-up teeth. He is so scared that he even hides under the chair in the waiting room at the dentist.
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Easy reader by Bruce Hale and illustrated by Guy Francis. HarpersCollins Publishers: New York, 2015. Clark the Shark is excited about seeing the dentist about his lose tooth until Billy-Ray Ray tells him horrible things about dentists. Dr. Pia, the dentist, however, turns out to have lots of jokes and “the gentlest fins,” changing
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Picture book written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins. Candlewick Press: Somerville, MA, 2023. Part of the “Maisy First Experiences Book” series. Maisy’s friend Charly is going to the dentist for the first. He’s nervous, especially because he has a loose tooth. Maisy and their friends all go with him, and the dentist and dental
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Children’s book by Kate Petty and illustrated by Lisa Kopper. Stargazer Books: Mankato, MN, 2008. Tells the story of two small children going to the dentist with their mom. The children experience the different things dentists do during an exam, including counting and examining teeth, taking x-rays, filling a cavity, and talking about primary
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss managing patient care and trust. (2023) …three of our operative residents you’d spend time with every day were practicing Muslims, so things like that. So, then you establish this relationship with people who are born in a different country or speak a different language or have a different culture. And then,
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss bias, managing patient expectations, trust, and race. (2023) The thing is is, like, well, I don’t know how they’re treating their patients. I don’t know what they’re doing to their patients. But the thing is, is patients that can sense… You know what I mean? It’s that intangible feeling of, like,
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss race, bias, and trust. (2023) I had an African-American patient who said, “I’ve been treated different ways, different places, and a lot of people think that Black people don’t need as much anesthetic.” And so she said that, and she almost got a little bit upset when she was telling me
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss social determinants of health, trust, and bias. (2023) One of my first patients I ever worked with, I was a very new clinician. He is HIV positive, he’s disabled, so he’s not working. He had a lot of background characteristics that were not things that I had dealt with before, not
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