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    Appliance Use for Oral Habit Patterns.

    Position statement of the IAOM regarding appliance use for the Oral Habit Patterns. Prepared by: Robert M. Mason, DMD, PhD Honor Franklin, PhD BACKGROUND:  Some orthodontists and others in dentistry continue to address oral habit patterns with appliances involving cribs, rakes, spikes, prongs or other tongue reminders. By contrast,...

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    The Use of Post Nominal Letters: A much more serious issue than many are aware of.

    Author: Lorraine Frey RDH, LDH, BAS, COM®, FAADH Licensed healthcare professionals are held to specific standards of care and allowable duties in the area they are licensed to practice. Likewise, the creden- tials one may use after their name must be legitimately earned. In the realm of orofacial myofunctional...

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    That Adorable Thumb

    By Shari Green, COM® That adorable baby with their thumb in their mouth…truly a precious sight to behold. But, what happens when that habit continues a bit too long? Should parents become concerned? After all, they will grow out of it anyway, won’t they? Well, not necessarily. Childhood sucking...

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