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The Use of Choice-Based Distraction to Decrease the Distress of Children at the Dentist

Holly A. Filcheck PhD Beneficial Behavioral Health Services, Inc., 12165 West Center Road, Suite 70, Omaha, NE, 68144 E-mail: [email protected]
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Keith D. Allen PhD Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, 985450 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5450 E-mail: [email protected]
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Hilary Ogren BA Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, 985450 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5450
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James Brant Darby DDS Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, 985450 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5450
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Brian Holstein DDS Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, 985450 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5450
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Steve Hupp PhD Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 1211 Alumni Hall, Edwardsville, IL, 62026 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 59-68 | Received 05 May 2004, Accepted 09 Jul 2004, Published online: 08 Sep 2008

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