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Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: sea-145805
RESUMO
Nail biting is a stress removing habit adopted by many children and adults. People usually do it when they are nervous, stressed, hungry, or bored. All of these situations are having a common phenomenon between them is anxiety. Onychophagia is also a sign of other emotional or mental disorders. It is a habit that is not easy to quit and reflection of extreme nervousness or inability to handle stressful conditions. This abnormal habit may cause various malocclusions associated with dentoalveolar segment of the oral cavity. Crowding and rotations of incisors are common with this habit.
Assuntos
Ansiedade , Humanos , Má Oclusão/etiologia , Hábito de Roer Unhas/efeitos adversos , Hábito de Roer Unhas/complicações , Hábito de Roer Unhas/terapia
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Indian J Pediatr
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1970 Mar; 37(266): 102-4
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: sea-78921