Pediatrics in Review
HOME HELP CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTIONS CME ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

(Pediatrics in Review. 2008;29:207-208. doi:10.1542/10.1542/pir.29-6-207)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Rapid Responses: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Rapid Responses are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Davidson, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Davidson, L.
Related Collections
Right arrow Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders
Right arrow Psychosocial Issues and Problems
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Facebook   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

In Brief

Thumb and Finger Sucking

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Infant Oral Health and Oral Habits. Norwak AJ, Warren JJ. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2000;47 :1052 –1066 Repetitive Behaviors. Blum N. In: Levine M, Carey W, Crocker A, eds. Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Company; 1999:430 –433 Finger Habits: Their Effects and Their Treatments. Parts 1 and 2. Bishara S, Larsson E. The Dental Assistant. 2007;76 (vols. 1 and 2):14 –16, 18, and 16–18, 20, 22, 24 Habit Reversal. Christophersen E. 2004. Development and Behavioral Pediatrics Online. Available at: www.dbpeds.org/articles/detail.cfm?TextID=37 Changes in the Prevalence of Nonnutritive Sucking Patterns in the First 8 Years of Life. Bishara SE, Warren JJ, Broffitt B, Levy SM. Am J Orthodont Dentofac Orthoped. 2006;130 :31 –36[CrossRef][Medline] Thumb Sucking. Blenner S. In: Parker S, Zuckerman B, Augustyn M, eds. Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:348 –350 For the Dental Patient ... Thumb Sucking and Pacifier Use. Chicago, Ill: American Dental Association; 2007. Available at: http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/patient/patient_77.pdf

Although the incidence of thumb sucking in developed countries has declined in recent years, it remains a common behavior. Several related habits—thumb sucking, finger sucking, and pacifier use—are considered forms of nonnutritive sucking. Rates of nonnutritive sucking have varied over time. Studies in the past suggested as many as 70% to 90% of children engaged in such behavior, with digit sucking more common than pacifier use. Currently, pacifier use is more prevalent.

Thumb sucking is present in fetal life and has been noted at 29 weeks’ gestation. Recent studies have found finger-sucking behaviors during infancy . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Lynn Davidson, MD
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Facebook Facebook   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?




HOME HELP CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTIONS CME ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pediatrics Pediatrics in Review
Copyright © 2008 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.