Damaging oral habits

Rajesh J Kamdar, Ibrahim Al-Shahrani, Rajesh J Kamdar, Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Abstract

Oral habits, if persist beyond certain developmental age, can pose great harm to the developing teeth, occlusion, and surrounding oral tissues. In the formative years, almost all children engage in some non-nutritive sucking habits. Clinicians, by proper differential diagnosis and thorough understanding of natural growth and developmental processes, should take a decision for intervening. This article describes case series reports of thumb sucking, finger sucking, and tongue thrusting habits, which have been successfully treated by both removable and fixed orthodontic appliances. The cases shown are ranging from the age group of 9-19 years presenting combination of both mixed and permanent dentition development. All cases show satisfactory correction of habits and stable results.

Keywords: Correcting appliances; damaging oral habits; intervention; patient counseling.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None

Figures

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Figure 1
Tongue thrusting: (a) Open bite due to tongue thrusting, (b) post correction.
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Figure 2
Tongue thrusting: (a and b) Removable plate with palatal crib which were bent posteriorly to avoid lower interference.
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Figure 3
Tongue thrusting: (a) Ill effects of tongue thrusing habit, (b) marked improvement post appliance wear.
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Figure 4
Finger sucking: (a) Localised open bite due to finger sucking, (b) fixed habit breaking appliance, (c) ideal occlusion.
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Figure 5
Finger sucking: (a) Tongue protruding from open bite, (b) change within 10 weeks, (c) well settled dentition.
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Figure 6
Thumb sucking: (a) Severe dentoalveolar effect due to thumb sucking in a girl aged 19 years, (b) satisfactory correction of habit and malocclusion.

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