Habit Breaking Appliances

What are habit breaking appliances?

These are appliances that are made by a us in dental laboratory to combat the above habits in children. They can be either a fixed appliance or removable appliance type.

• Oral Screen: Habit breaking appliance for Mouth breathing.
• Tongue –thrusting: Habit breaking appliance.
• Thumb-sucking: Habit Breaking appliance
• Permanent tooth to erupt in place if milk tooth has removed naturally or extracted early recommended – SPACE MAINTAINERS.

SCALING OF TEETH:

If deposition of plaque or tartar recommended.

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay.

Remember that the teeth of babies who sleep with a bottle of milk, formula or fruit juice in their mouth can suffer from decay known as Milk Bottle Tooth Decay. So the bottle should be removed as soon as the feed is over and do not use the bottle as a pacifier.

What are the deleterious effects of these habits?

If these habits are continued for a prolonged period of time that can result in gum disease, change in position of teeth and change in shape of the jaws.

Is there any ideal age when these habits can be corrected?

No. whenever the habit is first noticed it is better to consult us. He may give suggestions depending upon the habits.

Is there any common cause for these habits?

One can probably assume that there may be some kind of psychological disturbance in the child’s mind. this must be identified and rectified at an earlier stage whenever possible because these kind of things can affect the child’s overall development. Sometimes the first child starts thumb sucking once the second child is born because of lack of attention.

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