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| The Dentist says... | Adults say... | Parents, please tell your child... |
| Which problems do patients have? | ||
| Cavity | Hole in Tooth | You have a sick tooth; you have sugar bugs in your tooth. |
| Abscess | Gum boil, swelling, infection | For little kids: there's an 'owie' right here |
| Fractured Tooth | Broken Tooth | Broken Tooth |
| What dentists do: | ||
| Put mouth prop into mouth | Bite block | The dentist puts a tooth chair Or tooth pillow in your mouth so you can rest your teeth on it. |
| Give injection | Give shot; use needle; poke; injection | Squirt some sleepy juice/water next to your tooth |
| Rubber Dam | Rubber Dam | The dentist puts a rain coat around your tooth to keep your face dry |
| Extraction | Knock out; yank; pull | Your tooth turned into an owie and we will get rid of the owie; Wiggle a tooth out; Remove a sick tooth; Get ready for Tooth Fairy and Big Boy/girl teeth |
| Prepare the tooth for a filling / cavity preparation | Drilling | Clean the sugar bugs out of your tooth; Clean the sick part away |
| Restoration (filling) | Metal filling | Band-Aid; Silver Star/Play-Dough; White Star/Play-Dough |
| Sealants | Sealants; coating of tooth; tooth gets painted | We paint something on your tooth to make your tooth smooth and strong, so the sugar bugs cannot get into it. |
| Pulpotomy | Root canal; Nerve | Clean sick tooth and give it some medicine |
| Stainless steel crowns | Crowns; caps | Tooth jewelry / Tooth baseball cap |
| Make an impression | Make an impression; make a form of the teeth | We have some pudding and make a model of your teeth with it. |
| Medicines dentists use: | ||
| Nitrous oxide | Gas | Special air; Special perfume |
| Nitrous oxide mask | Gas mask | Scuba mask; Airplane pilot mask |
| Sedative | Drug; Put you under; Put you to sleep | Yummy medicine; Special juice |
| Local anesthesia (numb) | Drug; Put you under; Put you to sleep | Sleepy juice |
| Instruments dentists use: | ||
| Immobilizer | Papoose board; Restraint | Butterfly blanket; Surfboard |
| Suction | Suction; vacuum | Mr. Thirsty |
| Air / Water syringe | Squirt water / air | Wash and dry the tooth; Mr. Wind |
| Explorer | Instrument; pick | Tooth counter; some of your teeth are itchy and I scratch them with this |
| Scaler | Scraper | Tooth cleaner |
| Curing light | Light gun | Tooth hair dryer |
| Handpiece (high-speed) | Drill, Cut | Mr. Whistle; Super Fast Toothbrush |
| Handpiece (low-speed) | Drill, Cut | Mr. Bumpy |