Parents are always concerned about their children’s health, and as the saying goes, “disease enters through the mouth,” so it can be said that good oral health care is the first step in taking care of children’s health. How can children have a white, strong teeth? And what issues are closely related to the oral health of children? Parents should not underestimate these small problems, over time, they will affect the child’s dental health, not only affect chewing, but also destroy the beauty of the appearance and clarity of speech. Here we look at what bad habits are likely to lead to malformations in children’s dental development.
1.Eating fingers
Children love to eat hands, in infancy is a normal physiological phenomenon, with the growth of age will gradually disappear. After 3 months of age, the baby should slowly correct this habit. If a child has finger sucking after the age of 3, it will affect dental health. This is because thumb-sucking, when placed at the erupting upper and lower front teeth, tends to form an open bite (upper and lower teeth do not bite together). If the fingers for a long time on the bones of the upper dental bed, there will also be a backlash (commonly known as “ground bag”) or the upper jaw protrusion.
2, bite things
Some children like to bite the rope, bite pencils, gnaw finger nails or bite the corner of clothes, quilt corner, pillow corner, etc., when biting these objects are generally fixed in one part of the teeth, and therefore easy to form a small localized teeth open deformity.
3.Touch the teeth with hands
When the child is teething or changing teeth, he or she will have itchy or painful feelings, and often use his or her hands to touch the teeth and gums, which will easily cause tooth displacement, malocclusion, and infection of the wound.
4, cheek resting
Some children like to use their hands to hold one side of the cheek, or used to sleep with their elbows, palms, fists and other pillows on the bottom of one side of the face, these habits have an impact on the normal development of the child’s jaw and facial symmetry.
If the upper lip is often bitten, it may cause the front teeth to recede and the lower jaw to protrude forward. Biting the lower lip will cause the upper front teeth to protrude, the lower jaw to retract, and the upper lip will become thick and short, open, with teeth exposed, in the shape of a “bird’s mouth”.
6.Flossing
Flossing will slowly widen the gap between teeth, and food will easily get embedded in the gap. In addition, if the toothpick is not hygienic or improper force, the gums may be infected with bacteria when flossing.
7. Love to chew with one side of the teeth
When children chew on one side, they can only chew on the other side because the normal chewing function of one tooth is affected by the loss of milk teeth or painful decay of milk teeth. Lateral chewing will cause the jaw to be skewed to the chewing side, resulting in an asymmetrical face shape. And the side that does not chew often is more likely to accumulate tartar because of the lack of food brush, and periodontal diseases such as tooth decay and gum redness will appear.
8.Spitting tongue and licking teeth
Most of the time, it happens in the child’s tooth replacement period. If you often lick the upper and lower front teeth, it will lead to open and close. If the lower front teeth are often licked, the lower jaw will be formed to protrude forward. If the tongue licks the upper and lower front teeth at the same time or often spits out, it will cause the upper and lower jaws to shift forward, resulting in a double jaw protrusion deformity and an open fit.
9.Whistle with the mouth
If the child has rhinitis and other diseases, the nasal passage is not open, it will form the habit of whistling with the mouth. In the long run, the tongue and lower jaw recede, which will lead to prehensile upper jaw, narrow upper dental arch, uneven teeth, look open lips and teeth, short and thick upper lip, and prominent upper front teeth.
10.Brushing horizontally
Some children do not master the correct brushing method, and brushing horizontally will lead to excessive abrasion at the weak enamel of the neck of teeth, forming wedge-shaped defects, causing tooth allergy, secondary caries, and even pulp exposure or gum damage and atrophy.
Early detection of bad habits and early correction can help more children have healthy teeth. In general, as children change these “tooth-destroying” and “face-destroying” habits, these deformities will be improved one after another and will automatically recover or approach a normal face. If the child has already developed severe malocclusion, it should be corrected before and after the child reaches puberty, in order to obtain the best corrective effect.