# Going to the Dentist
Canonical: https://littlestorybook.ai/stories/en/going-to-the-dentist
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Language: en · Ages: 4-5 · Illustrated storybook, a made-up story, free

Reviewed for child-safety · gentle by design.

## For parents
A calm social story about a first visit to the dentist: the waiting room, the big chair, the tiny mirror, and one thing to try when it feels scary.

## The story text
My name is Mia. Today I am going to the dentist. It is my very first time. My grown-up and I wait in the waiting room. There is a fish tank with slow, swishy fish. Many children feel a little wobbly before the dentist. The dental assistant calls my name. We walk into a room with a big chair. The dentist says hello. Her gloves and mask help keep everyone healthy. I climb into the big chair. Hummm, it moves slowly and leans back like a comfy bed. It is okay to feel a little nervous. I can try holding my grown-up's hand and breathing slow. A round light shines above me, warm and bright. I open wide, wide, wide. The dentist counts my teeth with a tiny mirror. One, two, three. Sometimes the dentist brushes my teeth with a tickly little brush. It buzzes softly. Then I rinse and spit. Swish, swish! The big chair sits me up again. My teeth feel smooth and clean. My grown-up and I walk out past the leafy tree. I went to the dentist.

## Scenes
### 1. My First Time
My name is Mia. Today I am going to the dentist. It is my very first time.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-01.jpg (My name is Mia. Today I am going to the dentist. It is my very first time.)

### 2. The Fish Tank
My grown-up and I wait in the waiting room. There is a fish tank with slow, swishy fish. Many children feel a little wobbly before the dentist.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-02.jpg (My grown-up and I wait in the waiting room. There is a fish tank with slow, swishy fish. Many children feel a little wobbly before the denti)

### 3. Hello, Dentist
The dental assistant calls my name. We walk into a room with a big chair. The dentist says hello. Her gloves and mask help keep everyone healthy.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-03.jpg (The dental assistant calls my name. We walk into a room with a big chair. The dentist says hello. Her gloves and mask help keep everyone hea)

### 4. The Big Chair
I climb into the big chair. Hummm, it moves slowly and leans back like a comfy bed. It is okay to feel a little nervous. I can try holding my grown-up's hand and breathing slow.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-04.jpg (I climb into the big chair. Hummm, it moves slowly and leans back like a comfy bed. It is okay to feel a little nervous. I can try holding m)

### 5. Open Wide
A round light shines above me, warm and bright. I open wide, wide, wide. The dentist counts my teeth with a tiny mirror. One, two, three.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-05.jpg (A round light shines above me, warm and bright. I open wide, wide, wide. The dentist counts my teeth with a tiny mirror. One, two, three.)

### 6. Tickly Brush
Sometimes the dentist brushes my teeth with a tickly little brush. It buzzes softly. Then I rinse and spit. Swish, swish!
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-06.jpg (Sometimes the dentist brushes my teeth with a tickly little brush. It buzzes softly. Then I rinse and spit. Swish, swish!)

### 7. Clean and Smooth
The big chair sits me up again. My teeth feel smooth and clean. My grown-up and I walk out past the leafy tree. I went to the dentist.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_fd06d9b178e04688b58a93bb32a4b9b5/scene-07.jpg (The big chair sits me up again. My teeth feel smooth and clean. My grown-up and I walk out past the leafy tree. I went to the dentist.)

## Parent tip
Ask what the character could try next, then accept the child answer without correcting too much.

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