Thumb-Sucking Habits and Oral Health: An Analysis of YouTube Content [PDF]
Children, 2022 This study aims to investigate the content and usefulness of YouTube videos on** thumb-sucking habits. Methods: YouTube was systematically searched for all relevant videos on thumb sucking using primary keywords, such as thumb, finger, and digit sucking.
Prabhadevi Maganur +2 more
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Breaking the Thumb Sucking Habit: When Compliance Is Essential [PDF]
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2016 The anterior open bite (AOB) and posterior cross bite are the most frequent malocclusions associated with prolonged sucking habits. This clinical case illustrates and discusses the use of a Haas-type palatal expander for stopping a thumb sucking habit ...
Orlando Tanaka +4 more
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Modified quad helix appliance for thumb sucking and cross bite correction
Contemporary 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
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Cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit in children using electronic habit reminder versus palatal crib: a randomized clinical pilot study [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground There are different intraoral appliances for cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit, but they have many disadvantages and to overcome it, extra oral appliances with colourful and attractive shape were developed.
Tassneim Eltager +2 more
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Consequences of Thumb Sucking Habit among School Going Children: A Cross Sectional Study [PDF]
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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Modified Haas Expander for the Treatment of Anterior Openbite and Posterior Crossbite Associated with Thumb Sucking-A Case Report: 3-Years Follow-Up [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, 2019 Thumb sucking is an abnormal habit that occurs in childhood and can cause several malocclusions if it persists for a long time. Malocclusions caused by oral habits require proper treatment timing to maintain a normal growth and should be treated at an ...
Nargiz Muradova +1 more
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Dental Effects of Discordant Thumb-Sucking in Monozygotic Twins: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in DentistryThis case study examines the dental effects of a persistent thumb-sucking habit by comparing monozygotic twins—one with the habit and one without. With genetic and environmental variables largely controlled, this model isolates the impact of nonnutritive
Kevin Brunstein, Eric Hu, Jillian Shute
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Correlation Between Early Childhood Oral Habits and Developing Malocclusions: A Pediatric-Orthodontic Cohort Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied SciencesAim: To use a cohort-based orthodontic analysis to examine the association between early childhood oral habits (such as mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, dummy use, and thumb sucking) and the occurrence, kind, and severity of developing malocclusions in
Vijender Kumar +6 more
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Influence of potentially harmful sucking habits on otitis media in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThis study aimed to evaluate the influence of pacifier use, bottle feeding, and finger/thumb sucking on the occurrence of otitis media in children. Searches were conducted in grey literature and six databases: Web of Science, Cochrane Library, LILACS ...
Ana Cláudia CASTRO-CUNHA +7 more
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Modified Bluegrass Appliance: A Nonpunitive Therapy for Thumb Sucking in Pediatric Patients—A Case Report with Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2013 Oral habits in form of digit/thumb sucking are common phenomenon and part of childhood behavior. They are normally associated with oral pleasure, hunger, anxiety, and sometimes psychological disturbances.
Amish Diwanji +4 more
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