title: Oral habits. A behavioral approach.
abstract: Thumb-sucking, pacifier use, and other oral habits are not so harmful or beneficial to the child to justify ill-timed aggressive discontinuance. Indeed there is ample time to guide the child to forming desired behaviors. In nearly every case success in habit management depends on the child making a personal commitment to discontinue the habit. Control can be placed in the child's hands after that decision is made.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, California.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002012:Bruxism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005386:Fingersucking; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D009909:Oral Health; D014061:Tongue Habits