Treatment of thumb-sucking habit using a fixed tongue crib appliance - a case report and literature review

Reddy, D.; Dawjee, Salahuddien M.

dc.contributor.author	Reddy, D.
dc.contributor.author	Dawjee, Salahuddien M.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-03T06:56:56Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-03T06:56:56Z
dc.date.issued	2019-06
dc.description.abstract	A prolonged thumb sucking habit is associated with certain dental malocclusions. Numerous techniques and appliances have been reported for the treatment of thumb sucking, all having varying degrees of success. This report presents a clinical case of a seven year old female patient with thumb sucking habit and an anterior open bite. Through careful motivation, good patient compliance and a fixed tongue crib, the habit ceased and there was spontaneous correction of the anterior open bite within a treatment period of six months.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Orthodontics	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	https://www.sada.co.za/the-sadj	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Reddy, D. & Dawjee, S.M. 2019, 'Treatment of thumb-sucking habit using a fixed tongue crib appliance - a case report and literature review', South African Dental Journal, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 239-242.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1029-4864 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2519-0105 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.17159/2519-0105/2019/v74no5a4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78211
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	South African Dental Association	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2019 E-Doc cc	en_ZA
dc.subject	Thumb-sucking	en_ZA
dc.subject	Anterior open bite	en_ZA
dc.subject	Fixed tongue crib	en_ZA
dc.title	Treatment of thumb-sucking habit using a fixed tongue crib appliance - a case report and literature review	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA