Dental health consulting: A new role for psychologists

Psychology and Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Sack, R Terry ^a   Butler, Jerry L ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practice General Dentistry   (United States)

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