Modified RURS Elbow Guard: An Alternative Approach for Thumb Sucking

Siddharth Anand; Divya Jyoti; Jeevendra N Shukla; Aparna Singh; Sulekha

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1993

Modified RURS Elbow Guard: An Alternative Approach for Thumb Sucking

Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021 Jul-Aug;14(4):590-592. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1993.

Authors

Siddharth Anand¹, Divya Jyoti¹, Jeevendra N Shukla¹, Aparna Singh¹, Sulekha¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.

Abstract

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. How to cite this article: Anand S, Jyoti D, Shukla JN, et al. Modified RURS Elbow Guard: An Alternative Approach for Thumb Sucking. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(4):590-592.

Keywords: Digit sucking; Habit breaking appliance; Modified RURS elbow guard; RURS elbow guard.

Publication types

Case Reports