When Sockie falls off
After watching the CD, my son decided to quit. He wore the Sockie to bed, but it either fell off during the night or he removed it in his sleep. After a few nights, he said Sockie was gone. He must have thrown it away. The dentist told him that he is going to put a rake into his mouth in two weeks if he doesn’t stop sucking his thumb.
UTT open bite how long to wait for tx
I am working with a 7 year old with an anterior open bite. …..background: Referred to me for tongue thrust by her SLP who cannot make progress on her frontal /s/. This girl started with me 3 months ago in November. Evaluation revealed open mouth posturing, forward tongue resting position, drooling, tongue thrust on swallow, and large tonsils.
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What do you do with a tongue sucker?
Hey Sandra, Quick (or long) question for you…what do you do with a tongue sucker? I had one in the summer and I’m not sure I was very effective. She was definitely a tongue thruster, too, so I was treating her for that, thinking that with the increased tongue/oral proprioception would eliminate the need
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Starting business in a small town
I am a R.D.H. interested in taking your course but I live in a fairly small city… Do you have advice or an opinion regarding my approach to being accepted in the community… I would need referrals from dentists, pediatricians, etc?
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Oral Habits Activity Pages Desired
Mrs. Holtzman: My son is a bad thumb sucker, he is five years old. He started Unplugging the Thumb program. Thumb sucking habit was solved immediately because he decided to quit by himself once we started your program. He is using the special sockie (he named it “William”) without problems. However, he loves the activity
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RDH soon to graduate interested in Orofacial Myology
I am a Dental Hygienist in the state of Pennsylvania currently finishing up my B.S. degree in Dental Hygiene. For my final course, I have a Capstone/Senior Project. For this project, I have chosen to do a Continuing Education course in the field of Orofacial Myology and how it relates to the Dental Hygienist. My
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Disruption during sucking elimination program
Q: How to handle a pause during Unplugging the Thumb Hi, I received Unplugging the Thumb for my daughter recently. We started the program and she is doing quite well with it. Now I learned that I have to travel out of town unexpectedly. How do I handle this? Do I stop and then begin
6 year old reverts to oral habit
I would love to ask your opinion on a case I am working on, 6 year old male, definitely not neurotypical with a bunch of sensory issues. I did not feel he was ready for myo program yet, compliance, maturity, behavior all being issues, but i did help mom do a habit cessation program to help him stop sucking fingers.
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Parents We Need To Talk
Many dental practitioners and others see a tongue thrust and dental malocclusions (or teeth out of normal alignment) and presume that the tongue thrust is the cause. What is often missed in oral evaluations is the rest position of the tongue, especially the tongue tip. It is well documented in dental science that a forward
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