Just Going To The Dentist

$0.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: personal health, going to the dentist, reading

CTR Rating: 92%

CTR Review

Every kid has to go to the dentist -- here's an app that helps with the anxiety. This app, based on the Mercer Mayer print book, is about Little Critter's visit to Dr. Ghum (played by a male hippo -- the assistant is female). When he finds a cavity, Little Critter bravely gets a filling. The visit is painless and Little Critter's good nature reassures kids that going to the dentist can be not so bad. Features include the ability to find up to twenty hidden creatures on each page (you are shown your count on the last page). The story has excellent object/text association, typical of other Oceanhouse apps, and it is possible to record your own narrator track, which can be saved in case you have to go on a business trip, and your child wants to hear a familiar voice reading the story.