title: Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach.
abstract: Chronic biting of oral mucosa is an innocuous self inflicted injury, commonly seen in children suffering from developmental and psychological problems and has rarely been reported in normal unaffected individuals. The management strategies vary from counseling, prescription of sedatives to different prosthetic shields. The paper highlights the efficacy of a simple approach using soft mouth guard in the management of self inflicted lesions due to habitual biting of oral mucosa in two normal healthy children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Sarabjot Kaur
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Ashima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapur
keywords: Morsicato mucosae oris; normal healthy children; polyvinyl sheet