"Sucking Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any suction exerted by the mouth; response of the mammalian infant to draw milk from the breast. Includes sucking on inanimate objects. Not to be used for thumb sucking, which is indexed under fingersucking.
| Descriptor ID |
D013391
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.916
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| Concept/Terms |
Sucking Behavior- Sucking Behavior
- Behavior, Sucking
- Behaviors, Sucking
- Sucking Behaviors
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sucking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of Single-Use, Laser-Cut, Slow-Flow Nipples on Respiration and Milk Ingestion in Preterm Infants. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2017 Aug 15; 26(3):832-839.
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Lip buccal mucosa traumatic overgrowth due to sucking habit - a 10-year follow-up of a non-surgical approach: a combination of behavioural and myofunctional therapy. Acta Odontol Scand. 2014 Nov; 72(8):1079-83.
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The effects of oral motor stimulation on feeding behaviors of infants born with univentricle anatomy. J Pediatr Nurs. 2013 Jan; 28(1):64-71.
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The "slurp" test: bedside evaluation of bulbar muscle fatigue. Pediatrics. 2006 Aug; 118(2):e530-3.