Finger Sucking Habit
		z Most commonly seen non-nutritive habit in children. z Normal for newborns to engage in digit sucking. z Commonly develop in the first year of life. z Psychological factors contribute to the continuation of this habit past 6-7 months of age. z Most habits abandoned prior to the eruption of the permanent incisors. z No Tx needed if habit stopped by 6-7 years of age. z Earlier Tx instituted if maxillary arch constricted or parent/child is concerned.