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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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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