Breaking the Thumb Sucking Habit: When Compliance Is Essential

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. The improvement in closing the open bite with d...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Orlando, Oliveira, Wagner, Galarza, Melissa, Aoki, Vanessa, Bertaiolli, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6010615
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author Tanaka, Orlando
Oliveira, Wagner
Galarza, Melissa
Aoki, Vanessa
Bertaiolli, Bruno
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description 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. The improvement in closing the open bite with discontinuation of the habit was observed. But with the return of the habit and lack of cooperation, the relapse of anterior open bite occurred. Therefore, different approaches are necessary. The need of a multidisciplinary approach, consent, and cooperation are keys to a good prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-47459672016-02-22 Breaking the Thumb Sucking Habit: When Compliance Is Essential Tanaka, Orlando Oliveira, Wagner Galarza, Melissa Aoki, Vanessa Bertaiolli, Bruno Case Rep Dent Case Report 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. The improvement in closing the open bite with discontinuation of the habit was observed. But with the return of the habit and lack of cooperation, the relapse of anterior open bite occurred. Therefore, different approaches are necessary. The need of a multidisciplinary approach, consent, and cooperation are keys to a good prognosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4745967/ /pubmed/26904311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6010615 Text en Copyright © 2016 Orlando Tanaka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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