HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! On the 1st of April, we will be launching a new course - Smiley Little Faces - a course for 0 - 4 years for Oral Health Professionals....
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Lets be honest - by the time school starts, oral habits like thumb and finger sucking are something we would all liked gone, right? As parents, we are desperate to...
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We are incredibly proud to introduce our Thumbsucking Clinic Certified Partner practitioner in ICELAND. Sonja Magnusdottis is a Speech Language Pathologist in private practice in Akureyri, Iceland, with B.A. Icelandic...
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Its 2019! Time to meet more of our talented recommended Thumbsucking Clinic Practice Providers! Meet Ellen, our recommended provider in Albury, Wodonga. Ellen is an experienced paediatric nurse and midwife...
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Hope you have had a beautiful Christmas with the people you love ❤️ 2019 is shaping up to be an amazing year here at the Clinic and I can’t wait to...
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I screen all of my patients for tongue and lip tie every day and I can tell you one thing...... You CANNOT diagnose a lip tie from a photo...
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REMINDERS! For many children, stopping their digit sucking habit is often just implementing some reminders. Bandaids have long been used for quitting oral habits, but its all in...
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We are proud to introduce our Certified partner practice on the GOLD COAST..... GOLD COAST DENTAL & DENTURE CENTRE in Southport, headed up by owner and Oral Health Therapist and...
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PLEASE DON'T STRESS.....there is a lot of help out there for parents now and we don't want you to worry. There is also a lot of help with orthodontics as...
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At the clinic, we like to use anatomical models so parents and kids have something to touch and feel, not just words to listen to..... Connection is really important to...
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Its hard to believe but its true... For a long time, this is the only option the dental community has had when home remedies haven't worked. For some, it has...
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What makes you enjoy your work? Me? I want to help people. You see, I work in health. BUT I work in a healthcare profession that doesn't traditionally work with...
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Um.....sorry, not necessarily. Simply Google “adult thumbsucking” and you will get 42 000 results. There are websites dedicated to this habit. Famous suckers include Rhianna and Amy Winehous If you...
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Well, actually, that depends on each individual child. It depends specifically on duration, intensity and frequency. It depends on HOW they suck, what digits they suck ( for example, single...
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It is true that children who suck are often highly emotional, extremely intelligent little people. But surprisingly, often the act of defiance and continued sucking is because the children themselves...
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Its true, the earlier a child stops sucking the better. But before 12 months, mouthing is normal. So we need to provide optimum opportunities for kids to suck and chew...
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There’s no such thing as an orthodontic dummy….. And I hate to the be the one to to tell you. But there really isn’t. There are big...
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Sucking is a natural instinct for babies. As infants, the first contact a baby usually has with sucking is at their mother’s breast to drink breast milk. Milk contains a...
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I'm sure you've come across sooooooo many opinions about thumb and finger sucking from health professionals, other parents, strangers in Kmart (!!!)..... But how do you know what's real and...
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Its true! With yoghurt now coming in packets you can suck out of..... And water bottles the vessel of choice for drinking..... Kids just aren't getting the opportunity and developing...
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