Thumb Sucking WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Thumb Sucking and compiled helpful research notes below.
- American Dental Association: Thumb Sucking
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- WebMD: Thumb-Sucking - Topic Overview children.webmd.com - Thumb-Sucking - Topic Overview
- Wikipedia: Thumb Sucking en.wikipedia.org - Thumb Sucking
- NYU Child Study Center: Thumb Sucking and Children aboutourkids.org - Thumb Sucking and Children
- DrGreen: Thumb Sucking drgreene.com - Thumb Sucking
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Research Notes on Thumb Sucking
Thumb sucking is generally associated with infants and children. Babies and young children suck their thumbs to sooth themselves. The habit normally goes away around 4-6 years of age.
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What is Thumb Sucking?
- CuriousParents: What Parents Need to Know about Thumb Sucking
- New York Presbyterian Hospital: What is thumb sucking?
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: What is thumb sucking?
- WrongDiagnosis: Introduction: Thumb sucking
- eCommunity: What is thumb sucking?
What Are The Causes and Complications of Thumb Sucking?
- WrongDiagnosis: Complications of Thumb sucking
- GrowingWell: Causes and Complications
- Cigna: Does thumb-sucking cause any problems?
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Thumb Sucking and Pacifiers Complications
- Lehigh Valley Hospital: Thumb-Sucking and Dental Health
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Thumb Sucking?
- WebMD: Thumb-Sucking - Treatment Overview
- WrongDiagnosis: Treatments for Thumb sucking
- iVillage.Health: Treatments for prolonged thumb-sucking
- HealthWise (via PeaceHealth): How to stop thumb-sucking
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Thumb Sucking?
- HealthWise (via PeaceHealth): Thumb-Sucking Home Treatment
- MyHomeRenedies: Home Remedy Topic: Thumb Sucking
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Thumb Sucking
- Blogs.ComsumerReports: Pacifier vs. thumb-sucking--is one better?
- ChrisandJenni.com: More thoughts on thumb sucking…
- Intellimuse.Bogspot: How to stop thumb-sucking / pacifier / binky use
- EbonysMusic.Wordpress: The new teenage rebellion… thumb sucking?
- Sunstar.com: Sucking you thumb sucks
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Thumb Sucking
- NetDoctor: Can we stop thumb-sucking?
- GardenWeb: Thumb Sucking Solutions?
- MyParentConnection.Forums: Thumbsucking and Pacifier Use
- Forum.MamandDadsGuide: Thumb sucking habit
- Mothering.com: Pacifier vs Thumbsucking
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Thumb Sucking
- JAMA: Thumb Sucking Articles
- PubMedCentral: Thumb Sucking Articles
- Google Scholar: Thumb Sucking Articles
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 29, 2009
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- Last update: Oct. 13, 2009
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