“I used your TGuard appliance on my six year old daughter. I had tried to curb her thumb sucking habit through educating her on its detrimental effects to her dentition. When she was willing to try and discontinue her habit, I tried using a fixed habit appliance. After 6 months with her...
An orthodontic appliance corrects a habit of inserting a habit instrument, such as a thumb, within a mouth. A wire frame of the appliance has two distal ends which are doubled over and each received within a respective lingual sheath carried on a maxillary molar. Two first portions of the ...
Each treatment kit contains everything you need to stop the thumb sucking habit for one hand, within 30 days. 1 Ambidextrous AeroThumb®appliance (can be worn on either hand) 30 bracelets: fun to wear, and multi-colored, so children can choose a new color every day!
Thumb sucking is one of the things we worry about as our babies grow and become toddlers. Parents wonder if the habit will continue, or if they have to seek help to stop it. Never fear – common sense or advice from your child's dentist or doctor is often all you need. The good ...
Some children may need the help of both their parents and their pediatric dentist. A pacifier habit is often easier to break than a finger or thumb. When your child is old enough to understand the possible results of a sucking habit, a pediatric dentist (or a general dentist trained in pe...
Let's face it, thumb sucking as an adult (or teen, hell, even pre-teen) isn't glorious. Nobody is cheering us on encouraging us to do it. It's a bad habit, just like biting your nails. It can even cause dental issues (I'm lucky to say I don't deal with those anymore, but...
Thumb- and finger-sucking The finger-sucking habit, normal in the first two or three years of life, may cause permanent damage if continued beyond this time. Of gravest concern is the creation of an excessive overjet which, in turn, fosters abnormal lip and tongu... TM Graber - 《America...
The bluegrass appliance contains either beads or a short Teflon roller, which can be rotated with the tongue. With this device, the child is expected to roll the tongue on the beads or roller instead of thumb sucking. Dental devices to correct damage from thumb sucking If thumb sucking has...
Electronic habit reminder in the form of wristwatch with alarming sound was assessed in cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit in children versus palatal crib after 6 and 9 months.This study is a randomized clinical pilot study, with allocation ratio 1:1 parallel group. Recruitment was at the...
There are several conditioning factors, the most important being the original morphology, the duration, the frequency, and the intensity of the sucking habit. For the normal child, the placement of an interceptive appliance after the age of 3 to 4 years can eliminate muscle perversions and allow...