The dentist gets ready to fill Khalid’s tooth. Will she be able to calm his fears?
| Dentist: | No wonder you were frightened! |
| Khalid: | Exactly! It was terrible. |
| Dentist: | And every visit to the dentist has been awful since then, right? |
| Khalid: | Precise! |
| Dentist: | Well, I don’t know how long it’s been since you visited a dentist but, you know, technology has moved on a lot in the last few years and us dentists have learned lots of ways to help nervous patients too. |
| Khalid: | But can you stop me shake just thinking about the drill? |
| Dentist: | I can try. Now I’m going to replace your filling and I’ll be using this drill. While I’m doing that, I want you to concentrate really hard on wiggling each of your toes in turn. Will you do that? |
| Khalid: | Er… I’ll try. |
| Dentist: | Oh come on. A bit more enthusiasm … ready? |