‘Jerush’ is a Dental Clinic near Monday Market & Eraniel, for treating Oral Habits

Oral Habits:

Oral habit is when an individual has frequent repetition towards an act that causes a defect in dental and facial structure.

What are bad oral habits?

Thumb sucking, tongue thrusting, mouth breathing, bruxism, nail-biting lip biting, cheek biting, bobby pin opening, etc.

What happens if your children have bad oral habits?

Forwardly placed front teeth.
Spacing between teeth.
A gap between upper and lower arch teeth
Speech defect
Mal-alignment of teeth
Bad breath, Gingivitis, etc.

Oral habbits in children — Oral habits in children

Treatments for oral habits?

Thumb sucking or Digit sucking:

It is considered normal up to 2½ years to 3 years.
Psychological counseling is needed.
A bitter flavored agent applied to the finger ( Cayenne, pepper, quinine, asafetida)
Long sleeve nightgown
Ace bandage
Orthodontic habit breaking appliance.

Tongue thrusting

It is a condition when the tongue makes contact with any teeth during swallowing:

Training to correct swallow and posture of the tongue
Pre orthodontic trainer
Speech therapy
A removable and fixed orthodontic appliance

Bruxism

It is a habitual grinding of teeth when the person is not chewing or swallowing. It may be caused due to stress, occlusal disturbances etc.

Psychological counseling
Occlusal splint
Occlusal adjustment
Restore the damaged teeth

Lip biting, cheek biting, nail-biting

Educate the patients to give up such habits
Removable habit-breaking appliances

The identification and managing the cause according is important.

Jerush Dental Clinic

We at Jerush Dental & Facial Corrective Centre provide all habit-breaking appliances and treat all ailments caused by bad oral habits in children. ‘Jerush Dental & Facial Corrective Centre’ is located at Thuckalay, near Nagercoil and Marthandam in Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India. Eraniel and Monday Market (Thingal Nagar) are the nearest towns.