At the Reading Orthodontic Group, we started recommending Mavala Stop about 18 months ago to help our patients stop sucking their thumbs. Thumb sucking habits are common and can be very detrimental to a person’s mouth and occlusion. Most often we see that when a young child has a persistent finger habit, it may cause the palate (roof of mouth) to become very narrow and the upper front teeth will protrude significantly (buck teeth). It can also create an openbite, which can affect eating, speech and appearance.
If openbites and protruded teeth are present in patients who have a finger habit (thumb sucking or finger sucking), we recommend Mavala Stop to eliminate the habit. We recommend that patients’ parents paint the product on the culprit thumb or finger EVERY night for four weeks. It has been 99% successful in our practice. The alternative to Mavala Stop is a tongue guard which must be worn for one year and is very effective. The difference is that we sell Mavala Stop in our office for $15 (you can get it at Amazon.com for about $9) and a tongue guard is priced at $920.
We believe that Mavala Stop and tongue guards are equally effective and seeing the difference in price point recommend that all patients try Mavala Stop first. It’s not like the other “paint on products” to prevent thumb sucking and we are thrilled that we can offer this over a tongue guard in our practice.
Mavala Stop vs. Thumb Guard 
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Hope it works for you!
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By: Dentists Roseville on February 26, 2010
at 12:43 am
My daughter was 8 and still sucked her thumb, especially at night. It was suggested we try the Mavala Stop. I was told it would not only stop the thumb sucking, but once her tongue remained in her mouth, we would see major improvements in her open bite and other issues. Well it is almost 6 months later and I am amazed at the improvement. From the 1st night we put the Mavala Stop on her thumbs she stopped the sucking. My daughter open bite is gone. I only wish I knew about this product years ago. It was an extremely cheap affective fix that worked instantly.
Thank you,
Barbara
By: Barbara on March 26, 2010
at 7:55 am