The Story Behind
Brave Smiles
A craft passed down through five generations of one family, turned toward the kids who need it most.
Bryant Laboratories has spent over a century building Artisan dental models by hand — a family trade built on faith, family, and education long before it was a company. Brave Smiles started with a simple observation: the same realistic practice models trusted by dental schools and continuing-education programs could do something else entirely — turn a child’s dental anxiety into confidence, before they ever sit in the chair.
Brave Smiles is the result: a storybook that stars your child, activities for every page, and a real practice model, built to the same clinical standard as every other Artisan model we make — just sized for a much braver, much smaller patient.
What we care about
Family
Bryant Laboratories has run through family hands for five generations. Brave Smiles carries that same craft into a bedroom bookshelf.
Real craftsmanship
The practice model in every kit is built to the same clinical standard as our professional continuing-education models — not a toy version.
A real problem, taken seriously
Dental anxiety in kids is common and often overlooked. We built Brave Smiles because rehearsal, not reassurance alone, is what actually helps.
Curious about the rest of the Bryant Laboratories story? Read our full history