SALT LAKE CITY — Anxious patients are being coaxed into the chair at the dentist’s office by a new kind of dental assistant, dental therapy dogs.
Chastyne Wahlstrom’s 10-year-old daughter, Remi, had mouth pain and needed to have some teeth extracted, but she couldn’t get Remi past the door of the dentist’s office.
“Yeah, we’ve tried a few times to make an appointment, but with her anxiety, she just wouldn’t even go in the doctor’s office,” Wahlstrom said. “Usually she throws a fit in the parking lot.”…