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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology

Volume 5, Issue 2, 2018
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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2394 - 7721 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Title
BLUEGRASS APPLIANCE THERAPY: A NONPUNITIVE APPROACH FOR THUMB SUCKING IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Author
SK. Srinath1 and Rani Satish2
Email
Srinath.krishnappa@yahoo.com
keyword
Nonpunitive, Bluegrass appliance, Thumb sucking, Reminder therapy.
Abstract
Thumb sucking is a common phenomenon of childhood behavior. It is commonly associated with oral and psychological pleasure, hunger, anxiety etc. This habit has an adaptive value for children up to the fourth year of life. Prolonged retention of habit may affect the normal growth of dentofacial structures. Bluegrass appliance has been proven very successful to intercept thumb sucking habit. We present here a case of a male child aged 13 years with thumb sucking habit intercepted by using a nonpunitive reminder therapy using Bluegrass appliance. This nonpunitive Bluegrass appliance proved to be very comfortable to the patient unlike other appliances and also it was successful in intercepting the habit within a short period of 6 months.
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