Clinical study
A clinical study at Yonsei University Dental Hospital in 2001 showed a success rate of 92%.
Children
Girls 60% (15 children)
Boys 40% (10 children)
Age
12-20 months: 28% (7 children)
21-30 months: 40% (10 children)
> 30 months: 32% (8 children)
Effect after 2 weeks of treatment
- Thumb sucking completely stopped in 24% (6 children)
- Thumb sucking significantly reduced 68% (17 children)
- No effect 8% (2 children)
- Thumb sucking increased 0% (0 children)
Effect after 4 weeks of treatment
- Thumb sucking completely stopped in 92% (23 children)
- Thumb sucking significantly reduced 8% (2 children)
- No effect 0% (0 children)
- Thumb sucking increased 0% (0 children)
Duration until treatment was successful
- <1 week 14% (3 children)
- <2 weeks 30% (7 children)
- <3 weeks 35% (8 children)
- <4 weeks 21% (5 children)
Feedback from parents
- Fantastic 72% (18 parents)
- Very good 20% (5 parents)
- Good 0%
- OK 4% (1 parent)
- Needs improvement 4% (1 parent)
- Bad 0%
Summary
Daumenheld successfully stopped thumb sucking in 92% of participants.
In the remaining 8%, the intensity of thumb sucking was significantly reduced, and parents were confident that it could be overcome with further application of DAUMENHELD.
No negative effects were found in the study.
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