Self-injurious Behavior (SIB) is a behavior in which an individual inflicts harm to himself/herself. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unparallel change that has impacted the psychology of the population greatly. This can be considered as a major factor influencing self-harm & about a one fourth of all adolescents and children may be seen displaying this sort of this behavior. The exact prevalence of SIB is unknown & widely underestimated. These behaviors are usually hidden and considered to be socially unacceptable. In this current pandemic situation, there has been a upward trend of such behaviors and hence an active collaborative effort should be taken to raise awareness about self-injurious behavior amongst schools, colleges, community and social welfare groups by and large. This article is a small attempt from author’s side to raise awareness which will aid in early diagnosis and timely intervention, thereby improve quality of life of such individuals. A thorough literature search of articles through PubMed, EBSCO, Google Scholar, Inside Dentistry and medRxiv electronic Databases published in English language from year 1974 to year 2021was done. Articles providing information regarding self-injurious behavior were selected.
The impact of non-nutritive sucking (NNS) habits on dentofacial structures and occlusion is well proven. It has been hypothesised that NNS also effect speech due to its effect on dentition and oral musculature. However, the results of the existing studies are inconsistent, therefore this scoping review was undertaken to systemically evaluate the existing literature and to identify any research gaps. The database search resulted in 869 studies of which 861 articles were excluded as they were duplicates, irrelevant, published in languages other than English, and data were not available. The remaining 8 full-text articles were evaluated for their eligibility and were included in the present review. After the qualitative analysis of the studies, we conclude that the non-nutritive sucking is associated with speech sound disorders in children. However, the of quality of evidence is not satisfactory, more studies with detailed measures of sucking habits are needed to completely understand the effect of NNS on speech disorders.
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