You may realize that sucking a thumb is a reflect movement of your baby.
But, do you realize that this then leads him to a bad habit.
What effects are caused by this habit? As your kid grows older, it will be a soothing and joyful habit.
He can suck his thumb, finger, arm, dot, or any other thing.
Generally, children suck something to find a soothing feeling when they are hungry, scared, or bored.
Steps by steps, this habitual of sucking will stop when they are 3 years old.
What problems are caused by this habit? Change the palate Children who have sucking thumb habit, there will be open bite in which their molars look as if they have touched each other but their open teeth are actually open.
This can cause the changing of their palate because their thumbs press the palate.
The shape of normal jaw is U, wide, not too deep.
This normal jaw is usually found in adult who got breast feeding when they were still babies.
On the other, V shape jaw is narrow.
It is usually found in adult who did not get breast feeding, got bottle milk, and had sucking thumb habit.
This habit also brings speech problem to children.
They can not spell T and D correctly.
Generally, that malocclusion can recover if the children stop sucking their thumb.
But, if they can not stop it, orthodontic treatment is needed to fix the problem of their teeth.
When can sucking thumb habit come to problem? It will be a problem when they are in the age of 4.
High frequency of sucking thumb will make them have teeth or speech problem.
The third important things that can cause that problem are the frequency, intensity, and the duration of sucking.
When they are sucking thumb, their thumb will give pressure to upper and front thumb.
Meanwhile, the lower thumb will press the tongue and lower teeth and lips.
It makes their jaw come inside.
Children with sucking thumb habit generally do not have a proportional face.