title: Thumb-sucking: classification and treatment.
abstract: A new classification and treatment scheme is described that allows practitioners easy classification and appropriate treatment of a wide variety of nonnutritive-sucking habits. Summary classification and treatment reference tables are provided for convenient clinical reference.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002965:Classification; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors