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References

Citations

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2. Van Norman RA (2001). Why we can't afford to ignore prolonged digit sucking. Contemporary Pediatrics, 18(6): 61–81.

3. Christophersen ER, Mortweet SL (2001). Diagnosis and management of habit disorders. In Treatments That Work With Children, chap. 3, pp. 79–97. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Pediatrics (accessed 6/20/06). Quitting thumb sucking and pacifiers. Available online: http://www.aap.org/pubed/ZZZBQKBWQ7C.htm?&sub_cat=1.

• Brazelton TB (2006). Touchpoints, Birth to Three: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

• Christensen JR, et al. (2005). Oral habits. In JR Pinkham et al., eds., Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy Through Adolescence, 4th ed., pp. 431–439. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.

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• Gleason MM, et al. (2007). Habit and tic disorders. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 115–116. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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