[THEME SONG BEGINS]

>>RACHEL: Hey there, it’s time for Chompers. Your morning and night toothbrushing show. 

Start brushing on the top of your mouth, and make little circles with your brush around each tooth.

>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1 brush!

[THEME SONG ENDS]

>>RACHEL: It’s Teeth week and tonight we're playing…

[WHATS THAT SOUND THEME]

>>RACHEL: We’ll play a sound from the dentist, and you have to guess what it is. 

Here’s your first one:

[STRONG ELECTRIC WHIRLING]

>>RACHEL: What was that? Here it is one more time: 

[STRONG ELECTRIC WHIRLING]

>>RACHEL: So what’s that sound? Shout it out.

[MUSIC BEGINS]

>>KID: A drill.

>>RACHEL: A Drill. 

Switch your brushing to the other side of the top of your mouth…

[SWITCH BELL]

>>RACHEL: and brush all the way to the back. 

Dentists’ drills might make a loud sound but they are TINY. Dentists sometimes use drills to make a hole in a tooth that has a cavity, to clean it out. Once the hole is cleaned out, dentists fill it with what we call a filling. And tada - your tooth is all fixed and ready to go!

Switch your brushing to the bottom of your mouth…

[SWITCH BELL]

>>RACHEL: and brush your front teeth, too.

Here’s your next sound: 

[LAUGH]

>>RACHEL: What was that? Here it is one more time: 

[LAUGH]

>>RACHEL: So what’s that sound? Shout it out.

>>KID: A LAUGH!

>>RACHEL: A laugh. 

>>KID: Huh?

>>RACHEL: What does laughing have to do with being at the dentist?

Switch to the other side of the bottom of your mouth…

[SWITCH BELL]

>>RACHEL:  but don’t brush too hard. 

Dentists sometimes give their patients LAUGHING GAS to help them relax.

[SIGH]

>>RACHEL: You breathe it in and it makes you feel comfy and a little bit silly so that the dentist can do their work and help you walk away with a clean mouth!

[MUSIC ENDS]

[THEME SONG BEGINS]

>>RACHEL: That’s it for Chompers tonight, make sure you…

>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1 spit! 

[THEME SONG ENDS]

>>RACHEL: Chompers is a production of Gimlet Media.