EC Paediatrics

Pacifiers are the devices which babies can suck on to help them calm down and sooth them when the babies cry, get restless, while they are struggling to sleep. Different types of pacifiers are used according to their need to the babies. Pacifiers are recommended for infants who engage in non nutritive sucking. Dentists understand the oral and perioral effects of pacifiers. Knowledge of current literature may assist dentists with their decisions of whether to recommend or discourage pacifier use in infants.

 Keywords: Soothers; Pacifiers

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