Three-Alarm System: Revisited to treat Thumb-sucking Habit

Thumb and digit-sucking habits or non-nutritive sucking are considered to be the most prevalent among oral habits. Most children stop thumb sucking on their own. If the habit continues beyond 3 to 4 years of age, it not only affects the dental occlusion, but the shape of the thumb/digit may be alter...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Raghavendra M, Shetty, Manoj, Shetty, N Shridhar, Deoghare, Anushka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124588
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1289
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author Shetty, Raghavendra M
Shetty, Manoj
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description Thumb and digit-sucking habits or non-nutritive sucking are considered to be the most prevalent among oral habits. Most children stop thumb sucking on their own. If the habit continues beyond 3 to 4 years of age, it not only affects the dental occlusion, but the shape of the thumb/digit may be altered as well. This article presents the management of thumb sucking by modified RURS, elbow guard incorporated with revised ‘three-alarm’ system. How to cite this article: Shetty RM, Shetty M, Shetty NS, Deoghare A. Three-Alarm System: Revisited to treat Thumb-sucking Habit. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2015;8(1):82-86.
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spelling pubmed-44728782015-06-29 Three-Alarm System: Revisited to treat Thumb-sucking Habit Shetty, Raghavendra M Shetty, Manoj Shetty, N Shridhar Deoghare, Anushka Int J Clin Pediatr Dent Case Report Thumb and digit-sucking habits or non-nutritive sucking are considered to be the most prevalent among oral habits. Most children stop thumb sucking on their own. If the habit continues beyond 3 to 4 years of age, it not only affects the dental occlusion, but the shape of the thumb/digit may be altered as well. This article presents the management of thumb sucking by modified RURS, elbow guard incorporated with revised ‘three-alarm’ system. How to cite this article: Shetty RM, Shetty M, Shetty NS, Deoghare A. Three-Alarm System: Revisited to treat Thumb-sucking Habit. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2015;8(1):82-86. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015 2015-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4472878/ /pubmed/26124588 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1289 Text en Copyright © 2015; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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