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Modified quad helix appliance for thumb sucking and cross bite correction

open access: yesContemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2013
Digit sucking habit is a learned pattern of behavior commonly seen in children of preschool age. Prolonged digit sucking beyond the preschool age, lead to the development of malocclusion such as anterior open bite, maxillary constriction and posterior ...
C Vinay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bit-level pipelined digit-serial array processors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
A new architecture for high performance digit-serial vector inner product (VIP) which can be pipelined to the bit-level is introduced. The design of the digit-serial vector inner product is based on a new systematic design methodology using radix-2n ...
Ashur, A, Aggoun, A, Ibrahim, MK
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Prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits and its relation with anterior open bite in children seen in the Odontopediatric Clinic of the University of Pernambuco

open access: yesDental Press Journal of Orthodontics, 2012
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to establish the prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits (pacifier and/or digit sucking) and to assess its relation with anterior open bite.
Luiza do Nascimento Cezar Magalhães   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digit-Sucking Among Ibo Infants In Eastern Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Digit-sucking is a common habit among infants and toddlers, it is a normal adaptive process and attempts at stopping are discouraged before 2-4 years of age. Prevalence varies along racial lines.
BC Ibe   +7 more
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Sucking habits and anterior open bite among Venezuelan and Brazilian children

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2010
Culturally different population groups have distinct infant feeding practices, which presumably may be related to diverse occlusal features in the primary dentition.
Andréia Carvalho Cardoso   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An approach of orofacial myology on digit-sucking-related anterior open bite [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Approximately 10% of children have maintained a digit sucking habit which is associated with anterior open bite and other malocclusions. Effects and costs of appliances developed to correct the oral habit and the consequent malocclusions ...
Kang, Y.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Assessment of the effects of digit sucking habit on the masticatory musculature using motion mode Ultrasonography

open access: yes, 2022
Objective : This study assessed the effect of active digit sucking on muscle thickness and fractional shortening of the masseter, lateral pterygoid, and temporalis in a population of Nigerian children using motion mode ultrasonography.Methods : The ...
O. D, Otuyemi   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Malocclusion impairs cognitive behavior via AgRP signaling in adolescent mice

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionOcclusal disharmony induced by deteriorating oral health conditions, such as tooth loss and decreased masticatory muscle due to sarcopenia, is one of the causes of cognitive impairment.
Junya Kusumoto   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of non-orthodontic intervention on digit-sucking-related malocclusion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objectives: To conduct a case-control study of digit sucking behaviour in a sample of 4-to-12-year-olds in Australia, with a special interest in the effect of non-orthodontic intervention on cessation of the oral habit and correction of the consequent ...
Kang, Y.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

An unusual sucking habit in a child

open access: yesContemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2010
Presence of oral habit in 3-6 year old children is an important finding in the clinical examination. An oral habit is no longer considered as normal for children near the end of this age group.
Nagalakshmi Chowdhary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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