Using non-nutritive sucking to support feeding development for premature infants: A commentary on approaches and current practice [PDF]
, 2018 Non-nutritive sucking is often used with premature infants by either using a pacifier or an expressed breast nipple to support the introduction and development of early oral feeding.
Cane, C. +3 more
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Digit Sucking Habit and Association with Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status of Children Aged 6 Months to 12 Years Resident in Semi-Urban Nigeria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 OBJECTIVES:Non-nutritive sucking (NNS) is a common behavior in childhood. The association between digit sucking, dental caries and oral health has been studied with inconclusive results.
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole +7 more
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Consequences of Thumb Sucking Habit among School Going Children: A Cross Sectional Study
Update Dental College Journal, 2023 Background: Thumb-sucking, a non-nutritive sucking behavior, is a natural reflex seen in infants but can persist into childhood if not addressed leading to various dental and orofacial issues, including malocclusion, dental arch deformities, speech ...
Huda Mannan +4 more
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Non-nutritive sucking habits after three years of age: A case-control study
Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2015 Background: Non-nutritive sucking habits can result in negative consequences on the development of orofacial structures and occlusion. Aim: Assess factors associated with non-nutritive sucking habits in children after 3 years old.
Izabella Barbosa Fernandes +5 more
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Neuroethology of olfactory-guided behavior and its potential application in the control of harmful insects [PDF]
, 2016 Harmful insects include pests of crops and storage goods, and vectors of human and animal diseases. Throughout their history, humans have been fighting them using diverse methods.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo +2 more
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Impacts of self- and cross-sucking on cattle health and performance [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2016 Background: Improvement of dairy farms economics requires intensification, automatic milking, and artificial rearing methods. The ability to express normal behavior is one of the five freedoms to achieve animal welfare, whereas the display of abnormal ...
Motamed Elsayed Mahmoud +2 more
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2008 OBJETIVO: Determinar a influência da sucção não-nutritiva e da estimulação oral nas taxas de amamentação na alta hospitalar, aos 3 meses e 6 meses de idade corrigida em recém-nascidos pré-termo de muito baixo peso ao nascer.
Hellen P. Pimenta +5 more
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Oviposition in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus is modulated by host odors [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus stick their eggs to a substrate.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo +1 more
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Lip biting scar and its treatment – A rare case report
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2023 Oral habits are an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary. Oral habits such as thumb sucking, lip sucking, tongue thrusting, lip biting, nail biting, object biting, and bruxism have serious health consequences. Several
Vaibhava Raaj +6 more
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Uso de chupeta: história e visão multidisciplinar Pacifier habit: history and multidisciplinary view
Jornal de Pediatria, 2009 OBJETIVOS: Resgatar a história da chupeta e fazer um levantamento multidisciplinar da literatura, buscando prós e contras, com o propósito de oferecer aos profissionais da saúde subsídios para orientarem os pais.
Silvia Diez Castilho +1 more
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