RURS′ elbow guard: An innovative treatment of the thumb-sucking habit in a child with Hurler′s syndrome

• Main Authors: Shetty R (Author), Dixit U (Author), Hegde R (Author), Shivprakash P (Author)
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• Udgivet: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Thumb sucking is the process of sucking on the thumb for oral pleasure. Thumb and finger sucking habits, or nonnutritive sucking, are considered to be the most prevalent of oral habits. Some parents are concerned by thumb sucking and may even try to restrain the infant or child. In most cases, this...