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An 8 year old female presents to the dental clinic due to the increasing gaps between her upper front teeth. Her parents reveal to the doctor that she constantly has her fingers in the mouth despite being reminded. On clinical examination it was noted that the labial flaring and protrusive spacing of maxillary anterior teeth and increased overjet was present. The condition the girl is currently having can be best described as

ATongue thrusting
BThumb sucking
CMouth breathing
DDigit sucking
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