Adverse events · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
1 finding from 1 review
Occlusion · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Occlusion: Not reported.
0 studies
No studies found
Sucking cessation (long term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
Psychological interventions (positive and negative reinforcement) led to higher sucking cessation (long term) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Sucking cessation (short term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
Psychological interventions (positive/negative reinforcement, habit… may leads to higher sucking cessation (short term) compared with no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Sucking cessation (short term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
Psychological intervention + palatal arch led to lower sucking cessation (short term) compared with psychological intervention + palatal crib; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Sucking cessation (long term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
1 finding from 1 review
Larsson 1972, comparing positive reinforcement with negative reinforcement, also provided long-term data. Again, no statistically significant between-group differences were shown (Analysis 6.2).
1 study
GRADE not reported
Sucking cessation (short term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
1 finding from 1 review
Christensen 1987 (20 participants) compared habit reversal (HR) with differential reinforcement of other behaviour (DRO): no statistically significant difference. Larsson 1972 (38 participants) compared positive with…
2 studies · 58 participants
GRADE not reported
Adverse events · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
1 finding from 1 review
Sucking cessation (short term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
Psychological intervention + orthodontic treatment (palatal crib or… showed no clear difference in sucking cessation (short term) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · People undergoing orthodontic treatment (any age; 9 to 34 years in included studies)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Sucking cessation (short term) · Children with a non-nutritive sucking habit (digit or pacifier)
Aversive tasting substance applied to digit showed no clear difference in sucking cessation (short term) compared with psychological intervention (habit reversal); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review