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Supine positioning of toddlers for throat examination
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Editor,—Many toddlers are intimidated by the approaches of a doctor who wishes to view the throat. In contrast to the conventional sitting position used for throat examination by paediatricians,1 dentists use a less threatening approach, with the child lying semirecumbent on the parent’s knee.2We have compared the acceptability of the two positions in a …