Your Child's First Visit to the Dentist
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 2: Dental Films
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content: 1 Film reel (black and white, composite optical soundtrack, print, 16mm; 330 feet)
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content: Reel OF 222.31
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content: Credits: produced by: Dr. Eduard Georg Friedrich; photography: Morris Blechman. 

Sound by Zenith Cinema Service, Inc.; George W. Colburn Laboratory, Inc. (as a function of the Dental Health Education Committee of the North West Branch Chicago Dental Society).

Summary: Film shows the approaches of two mothers at their children's first visits to the dentist. The correct one is relaxed and lets the dentist and his staff handle the child. The incorrect one is overly protective and nervous. Next are the four rules for good dental health: brush after each meal, nourishing foods, visit dentist two times per year, and treatment with sodium flouride.