Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach

Chronic biting of oral mucosa is an innocuous self inflicted injury, commonly seen in children suffering from developmental and psychological problems and has rarely been reported in normal unaffected individuals. The management strategies vary from counseling, prescription of sedatives to different...

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Main Authors:	Sarabjot Kaur Bhatia, Ashima Goyal, Aditi Kapur
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:	Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Subjects:	Morsicato mucosae oris normal healthy children polyvinyl sheet
Online Access:	http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2013;volume=4;issue=3;spage=386;epage=389;aulast=Bhatia

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spelling	doaj-0a9a53534813422fbc3c363aa45dc0442020-11-24T23:40:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsContemporary Clinical Dentistry0976-237X0976-23612013-01-014338638910.4103/0976-237X.118357Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approachSarabjot Kaur BhatiaAshima GoyalAditi KapurChronic biting of oral mucosa is an innocuous self inflicted injury, commonly seen in children suffering from developmental and psychological problems and has rarely been reported in normal unaffected individuals. The management strategies vary from counseling, prescription of sedatives to different prosthetic shields. The paper highlights the efficacy of a simple approach using soft mouth guard in the management of self inflicted lesions due to habitual biting of oral mucosa in two normal healthy children.http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2013;volume=4;issue=3;spage=386;epage=389;aulast=BhatiaMorsicato mucosae orisnormal healthy childrenpolyvinyl sheet
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author_facet	Sarabjot Kaur Bhatia Ashima Goyal Aditi Kapur
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title	Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach
title_short	Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach
title_full	Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach
title_fullStr	Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach
title_full_unstemmed	Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach
title_sort	habitual biting of oral mucosa: a conservative treatment approach
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
issn	0976-237X 0976-2361
publishDate	2013-01-01
description	Chronic biting of oral mucosa is an innocuous self inflicted injury, commonly seen in children suffering from developmental and psychological problems and has rarely been reported in normal unaffected individuals. The management strategies vary from counseling, prescription of sedatives to different prosthetic shields. The paper highlights the efficacy of a simple approach using soft mouth guard in the management of self inflicted lesions due to habitual biting of oral mucosa in two normal healthy children.
topic	Morsicato mucosae oris normal healthy children polyvinyl sheet
url	http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2013;volume=4;issue=3;spage=386;epage=389;aulast=Bhatia
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Habitual biting of oral mucosa: A conservative treatment approach

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