Thumb Sucking
TREATMENTS FOR
Thumb Sucking
- What is it?
- Treatment Options
Prolonged thumb sucking into late childhood leads to permanent bite problems. Early preventative therapy is recommended to help your child naturally cease this habit.
Ongoing thumb sucking will result in a large anterior open bite, narrow upper jaw and a set-back lower jaw.
Early interventional therapy is encouraged. Our orthodontist will assess the problem, and offer conservative solutions using a ‘thumb-sucking from a thumb ” plate.
Treatment later in life will often require an expander, as well as braces with gum screws or Invisalign
Orthodontic Treatments
BUCKY TEETH
This often arises due to the lower jaw and lower teeth being set back.
CROWDING
This happens when there is not enough space in your mouth to fit all your teeth.
DOUBLE ROW TEETH
Erupting adult teeth can miss their primary tooth counterpart.
ECTOPIC TEETH
This refers to teeth that’s developed and erupted in the incorrect position.
IMPACTED TEETH
Teeth form deep within the jaw and journey far to find their proper place.
MISSING TEETH
Missing teeth are common, often it is the lateral incisors, or lower second molars.
TEETH SPACING
Spaced teeth trap food, is unaesthetic in the smile and often unstable as other teeth will shift into the gaps.
THUMB SUCKING
Prolonged thumb sucking into late childhood leads to permanent bite problems.