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Modified Bluegrass Appliance: A Nonpunitive Therapy for Thumb Sucking in Pediatric Patients—A Case Report with Review of the Literature

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. Chronic practice can cause major orthopedic alterations to the skeletal structures of the oral...

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Autores principales: Diwanji, Amish, Jain, Preet, Doshi, Jigar, Somani, Prakash, Mehta, Dhaval
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/537120
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author Diwanji, Amish
Jain, Preet
Doshi, Jigar
Somani, Prakash
Mehta, Dhaval
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description 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. Chronic practice can cause major orthopedic alterations to the skeletal structures of the oral cavity and lower face. Aversive approaches in form of punitive therapy have been moderately effective. Modified bluegrass appliance is nonpunitive therapy to treat sucking habits. It acts as a habit reversal technique and installs positive reinforcement in children. Modified blue grass appliance proved to be very comfortable to patients and encourages neuromuscular stimulations.
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spelling pubmed-36746562013-06-12 Modified Bluegrass Appliance: A Nonpunitive Therapy for Thumb Sucking in Pediatric Patients—A Case Report with Review of the Literature Diwanji, Amish Jain, Preet Doshi, Jigar Somani, Prakash Mehta, Dhaval Case Rep Dent Case Report 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. Chronic practice can cause major orthopedic alterations to the skeletal structures of the oral cavity and lower face. Aversive approaches in form of punitive therapy have been moderately effective. Modified bluegrass appliance is nonpunitive therapy to treat sucking habits. It acts as a habit reversal technique and installs positive reinforcement in children. Modified blue grass appliance proved to be very comfortable to patients and encourages neuromuscular stimulations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3674656/ /pubmed/23762645 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/537120 Text en Copyright © 2013 Amish Diwanji et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Diwanji, Amish
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Modified Bluegrass Appliance: A Nonpunitive Therapy for Thumb Sucking in Pediatric Patients—A Case Report with Review of the Literature
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title_short Modified Bluegrass Appliance: A Nonpunitive Therapy for Thumb Sucking in Pediatric Patients—A Case Report with Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/537120
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