A dentist drills a patient’s tooth. Dentists use drills to help them fix teeth. Dentists check to see if your teeth are healthy. If your teeth are unhealthy, dentists can usually fix them.
Making Connections
Text-to-Self
Have you been to the dentist? What did you think of it?
Text-to-Text
Have you read other books about community workers? How are their jobs different from a dentist?
Text-to-World
In some places in the world, people can’t go to the dentist. Why do you think it’s important that we have dentists?
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