For more than 20 years, MED et al, Inc. has been working closely with pediatric dentists and pediatricians to develop an effective device to stop thumb and finger sucking. Over that time, we’ve created a product that is endorsed not only by parents, but by dentists as well. We hope that these unsolicited reviews will illustrate this fact.
For more reviews, click on the “reviews” tab, on each product page. Shown below are 15 of the latest for our top selling products, TGuard AeroThumb (to stop thumb sucking) and TGuard FingerGuard (to stop finger sucking).
TGuard AeroThumb Reviews
TGuard FingerGuard Reviews
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5Abbey –
I had a 14 year long finger sucking habit, which was extremely hard to stop. I tried everything from those disgusting nail polish paints to wearing gloves. When I found the "finger guard" I was quite intrigued and excited for finding something that might work. I was amazed by finding that I had naturally stopped the habit within weeks. The only tip I have is to only use "Tguard" when you, your child, or whoever is using it, is ready to stop their habit. Good luck!
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5Janine Jackson –
After three years and messed up teeth on a 3 year old, bumps around the mouth hand foot and mouth disease and other diseases acquired from finger sucking I found this device online ordered it and on DAY 1 he stopped sucking his finger. This is the only device I purchased and glad it works and didn't have to spend hundreds of dollars to figure this out.. This is revolutionary product I am a REAL customer and you definitely need to try this. I was expecting this to take 30 days and it took just one day. I will continue to use for 30 days of course so this becomes permanent.
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5Dee Gnan –
I bought this product 2years ago but my hubby wouldn’t let me use it on our 3year old who sucks hermiddle 2 fingers as he thought it looked like a torture device! However, now she’s five, even he was desperate for her to stop. After 19 days, it has worked a treat!! One month after taking it off, she dooesn’teven think about putting her hand near her mouth. A word of warning though- I should have anticipated how hard it would be, as she had no other comfort mechanism and our placid daughter turned into a monster for 3weeks, with tantrums and misbehaviour. But now she’s back to her usual self and veryproud of herself for stopping the habit. I just wish we’d used it sooner!!!
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5Heather McDowell –
My son sucked his knuckle for 4.5 years - he would bend and suck & he had blisters.... he has perfect teeth and I knew we needed to stop asap .... probably should have tried this a year ago - spend the money. It's 10000% worth it
I did not take it off for probably 2 weeks because of fear - he gladly put it on as we rewarded him & did his sticker chart. we left the finger guard overnight at someone's house on accident and wasn't able to get it and we've never used it since - I have never seen him even put that finger by his mouth. Praise The Lord. It worked !!!! Thank you. Have no fear parents. If you'll go through a few weeks to a month of pain the habit will be Broken for good -
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1Steph –
We have had this on our child on and off two weeks at a time since April. Second we take it off fingers back in mouth. It may be just the habit is so ingrained.its the risk you take £50 is a lot of money to us but we took the risk and it was another failure.
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5Antoine –
My 18 month son has been a STRONG middle finger sucker since 9 months old. My wife and I didn't really think much of it at first. Especially given that his doctor said that he should eventually grow out of it. But it only got worst and worst given that his fingers became his source of comfort. It got so bad that his skin on this middle finger start to blister and he didn't allow any time to heal. This is when I told my wife that we NEED to take action now! She was reluctant and didn't push forward as much as I wanted to, but this was getting out of hand. So I started to do my research online for products to support. I came across the nail biting polish, but I didn't want to make him throw-up with that poison (lol). So I just decided to try this product out by TGaurd ( THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!!) Once we received it and placed it on, he had a FIT! Cried for an hour straight due to him not being able to resort to sucking his fingers. As the manual says, ***PARENTS...SAY STRONG****, and boy, they weren't lying. To all parents, the success of this product is really in your hands. You have to stay consistent and show resilience every time you place that band on that wrist. My son was very stubborn when it came to his fingers and my wife didn't think it would work, but with persistence and drive, I was wasn't going to allow us to fail. I only took the guard off when he ate and during baths, other than that, I placed the guard back on. The first three days were the roughest. It was literally as if he was in rehab. He cried, screamed, became frustrated, and even throw-up from crying so badly. However, I was determined not to take it off. I had to remain strong for his success. FOCUS ON THE BIGGER PICTURE!!!. After about 10 days of consistency, we started to realize that when we took the guard off, he didn't realize it was there anymore. He didn't have a relapse or resort back to sucking his fingers anymore. Only when he heard us talking about it and he tries to be funny and place them back, but he quickly removed them. After about 4 more days with the guard, he was BROKEN!!! He never, and I repeat, NEVER HAS RESORTED BACK TO HIS FINGERS!!! THANK YOU T-GUARD!.....also........please use the bands wisely, they do give you a fair amount, but I did experience trail and error with a few. So use wisely!
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5Chelsi –
In the beginning I wrote a review that said I wanted to like it but couldn't because it broke just after the warenty. Even though past warenty they sent me another free of charge! My daughter had now completely stopped sucking her fingers and it worked! It needed a little longer for her but it was amazing with constant wear. Thank you guys!
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3Maggy –
Hi, i hoy the fingerguard for my 6 year old. He has being doing this all his life. But I need help. He is able to get his fingers out even with the doble band and he is also biting the plastic on the fingers to a point that he even swallow a little pice of plastic. I don't know what to do!!!!
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5Noria –
I want to thank you for making this product. My son has been sucking his 2-fingers since he was an infant. This product broke a 5 year habit with no problems. My son wore the fingerboard for less than 2wks and does not miss sucking his fingers.
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5Miranda –
My daughter has been sucking her fingers non-stop since she was 3 months old. When she turned 3 years old I purchased the finger guard. She quit sucking her fingers within 3 weeks! Highly recommend!!
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5Miranda –
My daughter has been sucking her fingers non-stop since she was 3 months old. When she turned 3 years old I purchased the finger guard. She quit sucking her fingers within 3 weeks! Highly recommended!!
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5Gina –
My son had been sucking his two fingers since his growing in the womb. The summer before he turned 5 I decided to get the fingerguard, since I couldn't figure out a way to get him to stop. I introduced them to him as Spiderman fingers, because the look pretty cool and he is into superheroes. He wore thrm for 30 days, with the ability to slide them off his fingers. The first few days I tied the bracelet tight and he got blisters from the fingers. But once I figured out the comfort zone, he did Ok. Midway through wearing them, the material broke. I contacted customer service and they replaced them fast and free of charge! On day 28, while driving to the beach, he told me he didn't feel the urge to suck on his fingers. Success! We stayed the course to 30 days, and he truly no longer sucked his fingers. He still has his fingers guard, which he soides on his hand as pretend play, whenever he gets in superhero Spiderman mode:) thank you, tguard!
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5Stacey –
My daughter rejected her pacifier at about 3 months of age, and replaced it with sucking the first 2 fingers of her right hand. With each passing month the frequency of finger sucking seemed to increase and it wasn't clearly related to a specific stressor that I could identify. It just appeared to be developing into a frequent habit that I was concerned was beginning to interfere with her language development (talking less due to fingers always in mouth instead) and was also getting in the way of her getting involved in more hands-on activities/play than she would otherwise if her fingers weren't occupied in her mouth. A couple other considerations that made me take action to try to stop her finger sucking, was the possibility of it affecting her tooth alignment as well as the fact that she attends day care and would conceivably be exposing herself to even more viruses/germs by sucking on her fingers after touching everything! I also decided that I wanted to help her break the finger sucking habit before it became too engrained as a coping mechanism that would be much harder to change later on. I purchased the fingerguard for her between 22-23mths and followed the directions about not allowing her ANY opportunity to suck her fingers during the treatment period. I created a very positive feeling about the whole experience by calling it her 'special bracelet" and she actually asked for it to be put back after I had removed it for cleaning. There were no tears or wanting it off and no negative feelings at all about it. (I put it on her for the first time when we had a very busy/fun day planned with lots of activity that would keep her distracted so she wouldn't focus on this new device on her hand!) It worked like a charm! Within 3 weeks of use, it proved extremely effective in breaking her of the finger sucking habit completely! (The only things I did differently was to give her fingers/hand a break at night, I would remove the finger guard and put her to bed in an extra-long sleeve shirt with the arms sewn shut at the end instead so her fingers could move around naturally and I also made my own soft fabric bands/bracelets with buttons that could be easily removed and reattached for hand washing throughout the day, rather than the hospital style plastic bands that have to be cut off and can't be re-used after. These seemed more comfortable for her compared to the bands/bracelets that come with the finger guard as they have a tendency to dig into the skin a bit at the wrist area at times) The only negative feedback I have about the finger guard is that it did start to break apart on one side, where the finger tubes meet the hand piece, after only about 2weeks of use. Sure glad it was SO effective for us that we didn't need it very much longer because it would've continued to break apart and I would've had to purchase another one! Just for the record, I wouldn't have hesitated to buy another, if necessary, because the finger guard WORKS amazing and is well worth the small investment in my opinion!
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5laura –
this product is amazing i have 2 girl and the oldest suck her fingers in till she was 12 year old we tried everying in till we found this and my little one did it in till she was 7 year old
Sanjana –
My son has been sucking his right index finger since he was 2 months old. His habit was so addictive that he needed his finger every minute or two in his mouth. At 8 months due to the excessive teething pain he bit his finger at night, despite the wound his finger kept going in his mouth. His wound was infected but still he did not stop. I researched online and invested in the finger guard. Used it despite being ridiculed by my family and friends. By the 18th day he stopped putting his finger in the mouth and hadn't ever since. Thank You for making such an amazing product. It's easy to use, clean and so effective. I have recommended this to my friends and made sure they bought it for their kids!!!