Habits like thumb sucking and tongue thrusting are major causes of pediatric malocclusion, including anterior open bites. Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) aims to correct tongue and lip posture ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Every night, Lauren Finney Harden and her husband would awaken to the cries of their first-born daughter, and a routine game of “paci pong ...

I'm the mom of an 11-month-old thumb sucker. And while I think it's way to early to worry about how long she'll suck her thumb, I'm sure there will be that time when I start to wonder what it might be ...

(CNN) — Every night, Lauren Finney Harden and her husband would awaken to the cries of their first-born daughter, and a routine game of “paci pong” — where each parent takes turns retrieving the ...

Studies estimate that up to 20 or 30 percent of preschoolers and school-aged children engage in habits such as thumb sucking or nail biting. Often dismissed as simple quirks of childhood, these ...

Most kids use pacifiers—and up to a certain point, that's totally normal. Fact checked by Sarah Scott Sucking is a common way for babies and young toddlers to self-soothe Using a pacifier is ...

Mar. 23 -- (HealthDay News) -- Babies and young children satisfy the natural reflex to suck by sucking on pacifiers, fingers or thumbs. However, thumb sucking can affect the alignment of permanent ...

It's one of the timeless questions parents of babies and toddlers grapple with: How to wean a thumb-sucking child? Some parents are horrified by thumb-sucking while others think it's a perfectly ...

Q: My stepdaughter, 8, sucks her thumb while she's riding in the car, watching television, sleeping and even talking. Not only is it annoying, it's pushing out her front teeth. She doesn't suck her ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. parents who has struggled, according to a May 19 poll conducted by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Out of 820 ...