Thumb & Finger Sucking Habits
Here at The Smile Team Pediatric Dentistry, we are dedicated to your children’s oral health and can help you if your child has developed the bad habit of sucking their thumb.
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Thumb & Finger Sucking Habits
Here at The Smile Team Pediatric Dentistry, we are dedicated to your children’s oral health.
We all know how soothing pacifiers can be for small infants. Pacifiers can comfort them and help them fall asleep. As parents take away the pacifiers, we often see thumb and finger sucking start. This is quite natural but can be harmful to children’s mouths.
Excessive sucking can cause the front teeth to come in crooked. If the sucking continues, your children’s bites may be off. Their jaws and bones may not grow properly and require extensive dental care to fix (if that is even possible).
To help your children stop these habits, you need to be very watchful. Reward them for not sucking their thumbs, especially in stressful situations. If you have a very anxious child, you need to find other ways to help him or her deal with anxiety.
Many parents place their children’s fingers in socks to stop the sucking. In bad cases, a dentist can help. There are mouthpieces that discourage sucking, or we can prescribe a medication to put right on the thumb.
If you have any questions about thumb and finger sucking or pacifier habits, don’t hesitate to contact us today at (587) 356-8326.
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PLAN: Create an individualized plan together with you to address your child’s specific treatment needs
TREAT: Work with you to complete treatment in a way that works with your family philosophy
PREVENT: Help you and your child maintain healthy, cavity free dental visits in the future
We have a team approach to treating all of our young patients. Our referring dentists, hygienists, parents and patients are all part of The Smile Team!
We encourage parents to participate in promoting a positive attitude towards dentistry and healthy dental habits for the whole family!
