Tongue thrust is normal in infants until approximately the age of six months.

Recent studies on incidence and prevalence of tongue thrust behaviors are not available.

Up to the age of four, there is a possibility that the child will outgrow tongue thrust.

If tongue thrust behavior is not corrected, it may affect the normal dental development.

However, lisping and tongue thrust are not always associated.

Her facial motions were back, tongue thrusts and the prolonged blinks.

Breast-feeding requires no forward tongue thrust and infants must use mouth muscles more vigorously.

There are pertinent symptomatic questions that can be considered for the diagnosis of tongue thrust swallow.

Then the tongue thrusts and prolonged blinks resumed.

Since 1958, the term "tongue thrust" has been described and discussed in speech and dental publications by many writers.

Sojee looked away for a second and, for a moment, her tongue thrusts stopped as her mouth tightened.

She gasped as his tongue thrust, wet and hot, in her ear, sending goosebumps chasing over her skin.

If the open bite is not corrected early, the child may develop a habit of deviated swallowing and/or anterior tongue thrust.

More tongue thrusts.

The lateral lisp (air forced on the side of the tongue rather than forward) shows dramatic improvement when the tongue thrust is corrected.

Many orthodontists have completed dental treatment with what appeared to be good results, only to discover that the case relapsed because of the patient's tongue thrust.

The increase in problems such as tongue thrust and glue ear is a sure indication that small children are not exercising rhythm, posture and voice together.

Signs of readiness include the ability to sit without help, loss of tongue thrust and the display of active interest in food that others are eating.

Both stages have a "tongue thrust," which is about midway between proscenium and theater in the round, with the seats arranged in a semicircle.

Many people who tongue thrust have open bites; the force of the tongue against the teeth is an important factor in contributing to "bad bite" (malocclusion).

During the distal movement of the canines, occlusal interferences between the canines occurred and the commencement of a tongue thrust was observed.

Abnormalities in the structure of the mouth and other speech muscles can cause problems with articulation; cleft palate, tongue thrust, and dental-orthodontia abnormalities are some common examples.

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