The dentist fixes a small hole in my tooth. Read it together, at your pace. Every page is written in your child's voice.
1. One of my teeth has a small hole called a cavity. Today the dentist will fix it with a filling. A filling makes the tooth strong again.
2. I sit in the big chair. It leans back. The bright light comes on. The dentist tells me each step.
The chair hums when it moves. The light is bright, and I can ask for sunglasses.
ask for sunglasseshold a grown-up's handsqueeze a fidgetask what happens next
3. First the dentist makes my tooth sleepy so it will not hurt. Honest part: the sleepy medicine might pinch for a moment, then the feeling fades. After that, my cheek feels big and tingly. It is not hurt — just numb.
Numb feels like my cheek is puffy and far away. It is a strange feeling, not a pain.
take slow breathscount to ten during the pinchraise my hand if I need a pauseask a grown-up for help
4. Then the dentist cleans the hole. The drill makes a whirring sound and sprays a little water. It is loud, but my sleepy tooth does not feel pain. A tiny straw slurps the water away.
Whirring, spraying, slurping — lots of sounds. Some kids wear headphones over the sounds.
use my headphonesraise my hand for a breakthink about my favorite placeask a grown-up for help
5. I have choices and signals. Before we start, I can agree on a hand signal that means "pause, please." I can ask to see the tiny straw first. I can ask how long is left.
6. I can practice with Spark. Spark will be the dentist.
7. When the filling is done, the chair sits up and I rinse my mouth. My cheek stays numb for a while, so I eat carefully. The numb feeling wears off by itself. My tooth is fixed. We go home. All done!
In the app, your child can choose what happens next, rehearse lines out loud with Spark, and try different endings — including hearing a kind "no" and being celebrated for respecting it. Parents can also create fully personalized stories.