Parental Awareness about Thumbsucking: The Earliest Addiction of Children

Authors

  • Sudipta Sahu1, Debasruti Naik2, Kajal Kiran Sahu3, Nikita Sahu4, Sharmistha Mohanty5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12959

Keywords:

Thumbsucking, Parental Awareness, Management.

Abstract

Thumb sucking is a type of non-nutritive sucking that occurs in the early daysof the 29th week of gestation.
Parents should be concerned about the health of their kids. Parents have to look after their children good
health who should raisedevoid of developing any behavior that would endanger their suitable development.
Thumb sucking is one of the concerned habitsthat makes every parents worry about as their babies grow
and grow to be toddlers. Parents keep speculating if the habit will continue, or if they have to look for help
to stop it. This review article discusses all the importance of habits related to the oral health of a child and
focus on the need of awareness among parents about thumbsucking.

Author Biography

  • Sudipta Sahu1, Debasruti Naik2, Kajal Kiran Sahu3, Nikita Sahu4, Sharmistha Mohanty5

    1Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, 3Tutor,
    Department of Prosthodontics, 4Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, 5Postgraduate Trainee, Department
    of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University),
    Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

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Published

2020-10-29

How to Cite

Parental Awareness about Thumbsucking: The Earliest Addiction of Children. (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(4), 8216-8220. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12959