Nailbiting, or onychophagia: A special habit

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-308

  Tanaka, Orlando Motohiro ^a   Vitral, Robert Willer Farinazzo ^b   Tanaka, Giulia Yuriko ^c   Guerrero, Ariana Pulido ^a   Camargo, Elisa Souza ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; HABIT; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; NAIL BITING;

EID: 48149112581     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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