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- Title
A unique treatment of finger-sucking habit in children with mental retardation: Report of 2 cases.
- Authors
Bengi, A. Osman; Seniz Karacay; Güven, Günseli
- Abstract
Finger-sucking habit, or non nutritive sucking, usually ceases spontaneously in childhood. If the habit is not broken, however, not only will dental occlusion be affected, but the shape of the finger may be altered as well. When the habit is broken, the threatening disturbances of digital growth and dental occlusion will resolve spontaneously. This article describes a unique type of habit-breaking appliance applied on the sucked fingers of 2 children with mental retardation. The advantages of this type of extraoral appliance are discussed.
- Subjects
CASE studies; FINGER sucking; HABIT breaking; BEHAVIOR modification; HABIT breaking in children; CHILDREN with intellectual disabilities; DENTAL occlusion; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Quintessence International, 2007, Vol 38, Issue 3, pe158
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article