title: Cheek Plumper: An Innovative Anti-cheek Biting Appliance.
abstract: One of the most challenging tasks for a pediatric dentist is the management of deleterious oral habits which adversely affect the dentofacial complex. However, if these habits can be intercepted and diagnosed well in time, they can save the patient from the psychological impact of undergoing long treatment therapies. One such rare deleterious oral habit is cheek biting that affects the buccal mucosa. Presented here is a case report which describes the interception of this deleterious habit in a 15-year-old female child who was a bilateral cheek biter with the help of an innovative intraoral appliance: The cheek plumper. How to cite this article: Rana V, Srivastava N, Kaushik N, Panthri P. Cheek Plumper: An Innovative Anti-cheek Biting Appliance. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(2):146-148.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: Principal, Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Noopur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaushik
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Prerna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panthri
keywords: Cheek biting; Intraoral cheek biting appliance; Plumper; White flaky keratinization.