With a toothy grin, dentist Sonia Clesner hopes to win over children wary of oral hygiene.

Two years ago, she created an oversized stuffed tooth doll as a mascot for her Mount Airy practice, but the demand from parents and patients young and old got her sewing dozens of smaller dolls. When she got a request for 25 of the grinning, blue-eyed teeth, she decided to make it work for her.