Simon Spotlight Daniel Goes to the Dentist

Absolutely a great book for prepping your toddler for the dentist! My daughter loved reading it and started playing dentist. During her first trip to the dentist she sat nicely and let the dentist check her teeth and was so proud to be there.Would recommended over and over!

Purchased for first dentist visit for 3 year old who really enjoys Daniel Tiger. Read daily for the week leading up to the visit. By the time the day came she was calm AND excited! Thank you, Daniel Tiger! It is important to note a few elements were missing that are common in dentist visits. FIrst, the dentist (Dr. Plat) did the entire checkup rather than an assistant/hygenist then the dentist coming in. Second, the chair was not lowered nor a bright light turned on (or sunglasses given to Daniel, which our dentist did). Third, there was no mention of flossing, which is a common part of the exam. Fourth, x-rays and flouride were not mentioned (which we were okay with because we opted not to do either). Overall, this is a great starting point for communication about the dentist and we were pleased. It just requires additional conversations about what else to expect.

Love this book for Daniel Tiger fans. For those looking to decrease the fear of their little ones there’s also an episode of the show with this.The alteration I made is to include FLOSSING “floss em clean, in between, where the bugs can’t be seen” is what I added :)

Wow! Thank you so much Daniel Tiger! My son is 3 and had his first dentist appointment the first week of may. It went terribly. I was dreading going to get the second opinion done at another dentist because the first one just went so poorly and my son was so uncomfortable and anxious. So I bought him this book and we read it a lot in the days leading up to the second opinion and when the time came, he climbed up in the dentist chair and I told him to “be like Daniel” and it calmed him down. And when the dentist said “say ahh!” I told my son to do his “quiet roar” and he did and y’all it just went so smooth!! He did so great!! Thank you Daniel!! Now I’m hoping for the same thing with the hair cutting book I just got! Come on Daniel work your magic!

We love Daniel Tiger and with our first trip to the dentist coming up, we were excited to get this book. However, the book was packed in a box that was too small and was delivered bent. Very disappointing.