Dental Care

So I had an epiphany in the middle of one project and thought, why do my Sims brush their teeth? There's no consequences, no gameplay, no dread of the dentist office, no judgment for those cavities! So I casually... or not so casually... slipped this new idea in the middle of another project with the wonderful Sandy who didn't bat at an eye and here we present to you: Dental Care! Now your sim can get cavities, have bad breath, need and receive braces, toddlers can teeth and teens can have wisdom teeth extracted, and everyone can enjoy a trip to the dentist (hah)!

Dental Care Mod by adeepindigo and AroundtheSims

Features:

Dental Insurance 

Your sim and their family are automatically opted into Dental Insurance if at least one YA-Elder sim in the home has a job. If someone loses their job, the family looses their insurance. Insurance allows for a 40% discount on dental visits. 

Teeth Health 

Sims teeth health is now monitored. Sims will receive notifications when it's time to attend to their dental needs. Dental care behaviors like regular brushing teeth, using mouthwash, going to the dentist appointments, even popping a mint will help with teeth care. If Sims don't attend to their teeth health they can get any number of dental issues including cavities, sensitivity, frequent toothaches and require root canals to name a few. If your sim hasn't brushed in over 24 hours their breath will smell bad but a quick mint can help offset the effects but it won't go away until their teeth are brushed. Sims around your sim will feel uncomfortable being around a sim with bad breath.

Dental Supplies

My darling Sandy made all the dental supplies (and all the objects for all our projects to be fair) and your Sims can now purchase on the computer under the Order menu "Purchase Dental Supplies." You can purchase toothpaste for kids and adults, mouthwash for kids and adults, breath mints, and breath spray. Everything but the breath spray and toothpaste can be used by the Sim. If your sim has a tube of toothpaste in their inventory when brushing their teeth it can help with certain issues including cavities and teeth sensitivity. 

Dental Appointments

Scheduling Appointments (Immediate and Calendar)

Your sim can schedule their Dentist Appointments on the computer under the Household Menu. YA-Elder can schedule appointments for minors. A notification will pop up if the appointment scheduling was successful and the Sim whose appointment is scheduled will receive a call shortly after (about 30 minutes) from the Dentist's Office when its time their appointment. If you don't get the call or miss it, you can also find the Go to Dental Appointment interaction on the phone under the Household menu. It will only appear once scheduled. In order for your toddler to go to the Dentist, once an appointment for them has been scheduled, you must click on the "Go to Dental Appointment" option on the toddler. 

You can also make a Dental Appointment event on the calendar. Note about calendar appointments: After scheduling dentist appointment you will be prompted to go to your appointment immediately. If you want to instead schedule the appointment via the calendar, you must cancel when the office calls for the appointment and can then choose to go to the appointment on the date scheduled on the calendar instead by clicking on the phone option to complete the goal. 

Appointment Types

There are three new types of dental appointments. Upon loading the game, it will prompt all sims to get a Routine Cleaning. Routine Cleanings are only needed every 10 sim days. If any issues arise (see Dental Issues), your sim will be able to schedule an Check-In Appointment. And should your sim need a Dental Procedure performed (teens-elder only), they will be able to make a Surgery Appointment.

Only the appropriate, most urgent appointment type will be available. Procedure takes precedence followed by Issue then Cleaning. At this time, minors (children and toddlers) must be accompanied by an adult to dental appointments. Going to the dentist appointment will give the sim (or sims) a sick day off. 

General Dentist Issues

Sims will now have the opportunity to get cavities (more likely if they eat a lot of junk food or are generally a slob or have poor hygiene), toothaches, chipped teeth, and loose teeth. They can also develop gum disease and teeth sensitivity. 

Age Specific Dental Issues

Toddlers

NatetheL0ser has kindly allowed us to incorporate his Teething Mod into this mod. Your toddler will experience the pains of toddlerhood and can start teething. Toddlers can go to cleanings like other Sims. Teething toddlers can alleviate the symptoms of teething by taking a teething tablet. They can not do this on their own; an older sim can give them one by clicking on the toddler. 

Children

Children now have a chance to need braces and to get them removed.

Teens/Young Adult

Teens now have a chance to need braces and get them removed. Teens and Young Adults have a chance to need their wisdom teeth extracted. 

Adults/Elders

Adults and Elders have a chance to need root canal or dental implants. 

Procedures

Sims may find during a Routine Cleaning or an Issue Check-In appointment that their dentist recommends a Procedure. In this case, the dentist will prompt the Sim to schedule a follow up appointment for the dental surgery. The mod will send reminders until the appointment is schedule. Wisdom tooth extraction, root canals, braces removal, and dental implants are the three types of dental procedures/surgeries available. After a procedure if you Sim opts for the anesthesia they may feel a little bit off! They will also be prescribed pain medication they can take every six hours over a period of 36 sim hours. They can take the medication by clicking on the sim and using the "Take Medication" interaction. If they don't take the pain medication, they are more liable to experience pain spikes that can make them very uncomfortable.

Compatibility

Requires: Get to Work, City Living, Spooky Stuff, Seasons and Parenthood

**Also Requires: Lumpinou’s Mood Pack. Get it free HERE.**

This does not conflict with the following: Private Practice (most recent version), LMS AutoBrushTeeth, Bienchen’s Pimple Mod, Slice of Life

It will conflict with: Faster Teeth Brushing* and Brush the Taste Away

*Faster teeth brushing has been incorporated into this mod

Download Instruction

********You need all 3 downloads (Sandy’s dental care objects and my mod as well as the Mood Pack. Teething is optional, but recommended)**************

1. REQUIRED: Download Lumpinou’s Updated Mood Pack v.94 (please make sure you have v.94)  It’s FREE!

2. REQUIRED: Download Sandy’s Dental Care objects FREE

3. REQUIRED: Download the Dental Care mod FREE

4. OPTIONAL: NatetheL0sers’s Teething Package from Milestones if you want your toddler’s to be able to teeth FREE HERE (separated files, both package and script: Toddler_Teething)

*IMPORTANT OVERRIDE INFORMATION*

This mod overrides three game files (sink_Brush_Teeth,

*IMPORTANT OVERRIDE INFORMATION*

This mod overrides three game files (sink_Brush_Teeth, brush_Teeth_OfftheGrid, and loot_sink_Brush_Teeth). It will conflict with any mod that does that including faster teeth brushing. However, I have changed it so that sims will brush their teeth faster with this mod.

Update Log:

4/11- Updated to fix an issue with the bad breath buff. Please update!

4/13 - Updated to fix an issue causing some to get an LE. Please update!