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Series of Seven Articles on Nail Biting ages 21 Mos to 4, 8 and adult 4 year old has taken to biting her nails ... successful strategies & remedies that stop this habit ... I just found out from our daycare provider that our son, who is nearly four ... my son's habit got so bad that he started to get infections on his fingers from tearing the skin around his nails ... more

www.pediatriconcall.com/KidsCorner/
Short Article: Forget everyone smirking, what about all the germs that you put with your own fingers into your mouth!!! ... Sometimes you may bite so hard that you ... more

Nail Forum at Fingernailcare.com/
Web Forum dialog : I am almost thirty and used to bite my nails constantly ... they are taking forever to grow does anyone have some tips to make nails grow fast!!! ... more

Great Nail Biting Article by SharpMan.com
Onychophagia, the practice of biting your nails, is an easy habit to form but a tough one to stop. For many adults, nail-biting is so well-established that they barely realize they are doing it ... more

Parenting Tips for Less Stress
Parents should also keep in mind that, once a habit has BECOME a habit, it will take some time to break. Generally, about three weeks ... more

Nail information facts and trivia
This can cause the nails to grow in weird, or worse, get infected. It is safe to trim any ragged skin sticking up ... more

http://www.apma.org/
Information from The American Podiatric Medical Association ... Toenails often serve as barometers of our health ... Ingrown nails, the most common nail impairment, are ... more

http://www.indiaparenting.com/raisingchild/
This international version has some great advice ... Umesh bites his nails. So do a lot of other children, but theres a difference here. Umesh is no child. Hes a 35-year-old man, and he still bites his nails till they bleed ... more ...

http://www.pattiwood.net/(PDF)
Chewology: When people reach for something to satisfy their craving to chew, whether its a straw, the end of a pen, the stem on a pair of glasses, a fingernail, an eraser, cigarette, cigar, snuff or a piece of gum, they ... more

http://beauty.about.com/
Series of ten articles on nail biting and nails, including Complete Manicuring and Nail Handbook ... Polish Those Nails ... How To Stop Biting Your Nails ... Biting Your Nails ... Is this truth or fiction? ... more

Your Childs Habits, Kids.com
These are five of the most common habits that children develop and parents complain about ... more

The Long and Short of Nails
Nails in good condition can be very attractive. They also reflect individual's personal habits - good or bad ... more

To anyone who wants to maintain long nails
These pages contain a compilation of nail care techniques and design tips that I have learned through both research and trial and error ... more

Kristina Answers Common Nail Problems
How do I keep my polish from peeling near the skin? My polish doesn't peel near the skin, it peels at the tips, what am I doing wrong? I can't apply thin coats, my nail polish is just thick to begin with. What should I do? ... more

Guest article how to over come anything "gradually".
Are you an "all-or-nothing" sort of person or can you do things gradually? ... more

StreetTest: Ways to Stop Biting Your Nails
We tested 3 methods of quitting nail biting: ... more

Why does my child bite her nails?
It is very annoying to you when you see your child biting their nails ... more

Fantastic Nail Factoids
As early as 400 BC, Hippocrates taught that the nails reflect the condition of the inner body ... more

A results-oriented guide to nail health.
Our hands and feet take a lot of abuse, and, by "geographical" proximity, so do our nails. If you think about it ... more

http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/
Kid article: "Stop biting your nails! It's gross!". It's sad but true ... more

http://www.flowgo.com/funpages/
Web animation nail biting spoof

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Articles:

Nail Biting Dos and Dont's
Source Citation: "Nail Biting." . The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence. Jerome Kagan, Executive Editor; Susan B. Gall, Managing Editor. Detroit, Mich. Gale Research, 1998.

Nail Biting.(Pediatric Advisor 2002.1)
Robert Brayden. Clinical Reference Systems. Annual 2002 p2157.
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2002 McKesson Health Solutions LLC

Intervention can break habits. Three-Session Program - Brief Article
Heidi Splete. Clinical Psychiatry News. March 2003 v31 i3 p69(1).

The dental manicure. Preventing nail biting - Brief Article
Bill Stieg, Lisa Jones. Men's Health. Dec 2002 v17 i10 p74(1).

Hypnotherapy most effective in children aged 7-14. (Sleep Problems, Enuresis, Nail Biting).
Doug Brunk. Pediatric News. Dec 2001 v35 i12 p26(2).

Nail-biting. (Dear Highlights).
Marina S. Highlights for Children. May 2001 v56 i5 p42(1).

TODDLER BITES HER NAILS.
Contemporary Pediatrics. Dec 1999 v16 i12 p34.

BEHAVIOR: ASK THE EXPERTS.
Contemporary Pediatrics. May 1999 v16 i5 p35.

Nervous habits and stereotyped behaviors in preschool children.
Laura Gutermuth Foster. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. July 1998 v37 n7 p711(7).

Chronic nailbiting: a controlled comparison of competing response and mild aversion treatments.
Kenneth W. Allen. Behaviour Research and Therapy. March 1996 v34 n3 p269(4).

Health update. Better Homes and Gardens.
June 1992 v70 n6 p64(4).
Abstract: An update on health news includes tips for improving nutrition and dealing with stroke symptoms. Research information on sleep disorders, vaccines and nail biting is reported.
COPYRIGHT 1992 Meredith Corporation

Nailbiting. (review article)
Alexander K.C. Leung, Wm. Lane M. Robson. Clinical Pediatrics. Dec 1990 v29 n12 p690(3).

Nail Biting And Other Bad Habits
From Raising Children, 1994 by Billy E. Pennal, Ph.D.
Once upon a time there was a very young girl who had a very bad habit of biting her nails. Her little fingers ended in sometimes bloody nubs. Her parents tried everything they could think of to get her to stop biting her nails but nothing worked. Even the nasty stuff which is painted on nails to make them taste bad had no effect other than to hurt her little fingers ... more

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Is treatment effective?

Many recent scientific studies have shown that treatment for nail biting and thumb sucking orofacial myofunctional disorders can be 80 to 90% effective in correcting harmful oral habits.

These corrections are retained for years after completing therapy (Hahn & Hahn, 1992) More research links

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