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useful guide to managing anxious children.)
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Wright, Bristol. (This short book highlights the important psychological aspects of
providing clinical care, as well as giving details of the Houpt, Frankl, and Corah
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dentistry.)
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and promotion, including the key preventive messages.)
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view on the use of HOME in the United Kingdom.)
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general dental practitioners' consultations with adolescent patients. British Dental
Journal, 177 , 94-8. (This article gives advice on how to improve communication skills
in the surgery and reminds clinicians that our livelihood depends on effective
communication.)
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management in dentistry. Wright, Bristol. (A detailed account of child management,
including advice on how to introduce different clinical techniques.)
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