We evaluated the effects of matched and unmatched stimuli on nail biting for three typically developing children and adolescents. Antecedent-based assessments identified conditions when subjects were most likely to engage in nail biting. Treatment included the noncontingent delivery of four types of highly preferred stimuli: items hypothesized to match the oral, the tactile, or both the oral and tactile stimulation inherent to nail biting, as well as items that did not involve oral or tactile stimulation. Results suggested that all forms of alternative stimulation decreased nail biting.
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Cureus
December 2024
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, IND.
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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Electronic address:
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Department of Pediatrics Dentistry and Orthodontics, Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam.
Aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between malocclusion and deleterious oral habits in the Vietnamese children aged 8-12 years.
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Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Background: Nail biting is categorized as a habitual behavior, commonly observed in children and occasionally in adults. This disorder occurs unconsciously, with individuals often unaware of their behavior. Since there are physical and psychological complications and quality of life problems in nail -biting, addressing this problem is very important and there are many theories in support of art therapy including: psychodynamic; humanistic (phenomenological, gestalt, person centered); psycho-educational (behavioral, cognitive behavioral, developmental); systemic (family and group therapy); as well as integrative and eclectic approaches.
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November 2024
Department of Dental Clinics, Oral Pathology and Oral Surgery, Periodontology Division, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil.
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