Update on Diagnosis and Management of Onychophagia and Onychotillomania [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Onychophagia (nail biting) and onychotillomania (nail picking) are chronic nail conditions categorized as body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) disorders. Due to a limited awareness of their clinical presentations, embarrassment on the part of patients, and/or comorbid psychiatric conditions, these conditions are frequently underrecognized and ...
Debra K Lee, Shari Lipner
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Onychophagia: A synopsis of nail biting and its management
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2022 Onychophagia, also called nail biting (NB), is a body focused repetitive behaviors or self-grooming behavior. It is a group of related disorders in which an individual damages his or her appearance or causes physical injury that include pulling, picking,
Javed Ather Siddiqui +1 more
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Dermatologic aspects of onychophagia [PDF]
Vestnik Dermatologii i VenerologiiOnychophagia is a psychiatric disorder manifested by compulsive, repetitive biting of nail plates. To date, the etiopathogenesis of the disease remains incompletely understood.
Roman V. Saranyuk, Tatyana A. Gosteva
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Onychophagia (Nail biting), anxiety, and malocclusion
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2012 Nail biting is a stress removing habit adopted by many children and adults. People usually do it when they are nervous, stressed, hungry, or bored. All of these situations are having a common phenomenon between them is anxiety.
Avesh Sachan, T P Chaturvedi
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Parafunctional oral habits and primary dentition characteristics in a group of preschool children from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. [PDF]
Journal of Oral Research, 2019 The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between some characteristics of primary dentition, and the frequency of parafunctional oral habits, with age and sex.
José Francisco Murrieta-Pruneda +4 more
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Onychophasia - A case report [PDF]
, 2017 Body focused repetitive behaviors are frequently seen in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorders. These behaviors range from repetitive hand washing to more severe forms such as onychophagia.
Salaria, Osman +3 more
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Factors Associated with Malocclusion in Preschool Children in a Brazilian Small Town [PDF]
Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2022 Objective: To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with malocclusions in preschool children. Material and Methods: A census, epidemiological study, with a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic sample, was carried out with children aged ...
Wagner Couto Assis +6 more
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Prevalence of Malocclusions among Schoolchildren from Southwestern Romania [PDF]
DiagnosticsMalocclusions have a continuously increasing prevalence from one generation to another as a result of climate change, soil, atmosphere, and water pollution. All of these aspects have unfavorable consequences for the nutritional scheme.
Stelian-Mihai-Sever Petrescu +11 more
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Variations in Some Features of Oral Health by Personality Traits, Gender, and Age: Key Factors for Health Promotion [PDF]
Dentistry JournalBackground: Oral diseases remain among the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting almost half of the world’s population. This is partly because there has been a separation of the mouth from the rest of the body and human health, and ...
Allexey Martínez Fuentes +4 more
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Antidepressant-Coincident Manic Episode in a Prepubertal Girl Presenting With Obsessive-Compulsive or Related Disorders: A Case Report [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims Obsessive-Compulsive or Related Disorders (OCRDs) comprise a group of disorders characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviours and are fairly less prevalent among children.
Pinki Sevda +4 more
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