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Cheek Sucking

Cheek Sucking is an oral habit characterized by the repetitive and persistent act of drawing the buccal mucosa into the mouth cavity between the teeth, often exerting pressure against the dental arches, leading to potential malocclusions and dentofacial developmental disturbances.

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118

Authors

54

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Morsicatio Buccarum

Parents

Publications

54

Duration of nutritive and nonnutritive sucking behaviors and their effects on the dental arches in the primary dentition

John J. Warren, Samir E. Bishara · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · 2002 · 290 citations

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Sucking Technique and Its Effect on Success of Breastfeeding

Lennart Righard, Margaret O. Alade · Birth · 1992 · 167 citations

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Sucking habits and facial hyperdivergency as risk factors for anterior open bite in the mixed dentition

Paola Cozza, Tiziano Baccetti, Lorenzo Franchi et al. · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · 2005 · 146 citations

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Changes in the prevalence of nonnutritive sucking patterns in the first 8 years of life

Samir E. Bishara, John J. Warren, Barbara Broffitt et al. · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · 2006 · 144 citations

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Nonnutritive sucking habits in Brazilian children: effects on deciduous dentition and relationship with facial morphology

Cíntia Regina Tornisiello Katz, Aronita Rosenblatt, Pedro Paulo Costa Gondim · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · 2004 · 140 citations

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Authors

118

  1. EL
    E Larsson

    Lund University, Sweden

    5 publications · 134 citations

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  2. AP
    Antonella Polimeni

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    3 publications · 205 citations

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  3. DP
    D.C.A. Picton

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 115 citations

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  4. PC
    Paola Cozza

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    2 publications · 183 citations

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  5. MG
    M.S.E. Gould

    Eastman Dental Hospital, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 63 citations

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Institutions

54

  1. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  3. Universidade de Pernambuco

    Recife, Brazil

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    430 citations

  4. University College Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. Eastman Dental Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    116 citations

  6. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    220 citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    592 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    192 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 11 publications · 316 citations

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  3. Archives of Oral Biology

    3 publications · 125 citations

    3

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  4. BDJ

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  5. European Journal of Orthodontics

    2 publications · 159 citations

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