"Many people visit a dentist every year. In fact, it's a good thing to do! Dentists help keep teeth healthy. This book examines the reasons people visit a dentist and the importance of forming the habit of visiting one before problems arise. Using age-appropriate text and corresponding color photographs, young readers will explore positives to visiting a dentist, procedures involved in a visit, and reasons a person might need to visit a dentist more than twice a year. Through it all, the reader will become a more responsible citizen by understanding that a dentist visit can become a healthy, lifelong habit." -- Provided by publisher.