A Child's visit to the dentist

Designed to allay children’s fear of the dentist and all that dentists represent, by following a five-fear-old on her first visit to the dentist. Outlines the function of various people working in the surgery, as well as explaining the purposes of X-ray machines, drills, scrapers, etc.

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Credits

production company

FilmFair Communications

Professional Research

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1977

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507371

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Health and hygiene

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dental care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dentistry

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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United States, 1977

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