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Jyoti D, Singh A. Modified RURS Elbow Guard: An Alternative Approach for Thumb Sucking. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021; 14 (4):590-592.
Digit sucking or thumb sucking is one of the most common habits usually seen in children. These habits habitually lapse in mid-childhood. The continued persistence of these habits will bring about harmful unbalanced pressures to alveolar ridges, changes in the position of teeth, and occlusion which may result in abnormality if they are continued for a long time. This case report presents a case of a 5-year-old male child patient with a habit of thumb sucking that was successfully ceased by a modified RURS elbow guard appliance.
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