The most effective means of reducing a child's pain during dental work is likely to be
a. teaching techniques of sensory assimilation.
b. assuring the child that the dental work will not be painful.
c. using distraction or counterirritation.
d. teaching the child to focus on the perceived source of the pain.
ANSWER: c
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