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How families prepare their children for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia: Family and clinical predictors of non-compliance with a 'serious game'.

Patricia A ReynoldsAna N DonaldsonChristina LiossiJonathon T NewtonNicholas K DonaldsonRamiro AriasPreemal HariaCorinne HuntingtonReham AlharataniMarie Therese Hosey
Published in: International journal of paediatric dentistry (2018)
Factors for non-compliance were absence of a father at home (P = 0.01) and higher child-anxiety (P = 0.01) and, to a lesser extent, a low parent/carer education level (P = 0.09). Interactive cartoons featuring dental assessment, oral health messages and modelling featured in the more popular slides.
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