Bad Oral Habits
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Hi everyone! Are you feeling well? I am sure this post finds you good.
Sometimes we do small things that look normal but in real these are very bad for our teeth. These are called bad oral habits. Mostly these habits starts from childhood, like sucking thumb and biting nails. If we do not stop them, these y can make our teeth grow in wrong way. Our teeth can become crooked, crowded or not fit together. Some habits also come later in life. It is important to know these habits, stop them early and keep our mouth and teeth healthy. Let's learn more about them.
◉ 😁Name the most common bad habits we acquire as children? |
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Some bad habits of children are thumb sucking, nail biting, mouth breathing and biting lips. Put whatever we have in our hand into mouth is another common habit we acquired as child.
Thumb sucking pushes the front teeth forward. Nail biting can hurt teeth and gums. Mouth breath can dry out mouth and disturb face shape. Tongue thrusting pushing the tongue against the teeth and also move the teeth. Pencil biting, toys or lips can damage teeth slowly. These habits seem small, but these can change how the teeth grow.
If these we not stopped on time, can create problems in chewing, speaking and smiling. That is why these habits should be handled early.
◉ 😁Tell me if you have had any bad oral habits and how you acquired them. |
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Yes, I had a bad habit when I was younger. My elder sister and brother make fun of my this habit(Hahahaha). I used to bite my nails all time. I started this when I was 5 to 6 years old. I did it when I was bored or nervous.
I was not know that it is very bad for my teeth. Slowly, it made my front teeth a little uneven. My parents and dentist told me to stop, but it was very hard to me. My grandmother used a bitter cream and some time red chilli fluid on my nails. Nail polish also can be used for this.
This helped me stop my habit. It took some time, but I stopped the habit. Now, my teeth are better and stronger.
◉😁How can we eradicate this type of bad habit? |
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Everything is possible, so first we first need to know why the habit started and then we can eradicate this habit.
- As an example, If a child sucks his thumb, maybe he is feeling nervous or discomfort. Love and care can help to remove it.
- For nail biting, bitter nail polish and keeping hands busy to end this habit. You can also try my grandmother trick of using red chili fluid.
- Praise to child when he was avoiding habit.
- Never shout or scold to child. Go to the dentist and take better advice.
- Slowly, with small steps, we can stop these habits. It is important to be patient.
- Reward giving and using kind words can really helps to children feel good and stay on track.
◉ 😁How can we avoid falling into these bad habits? |
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We can avoid falling into bad oral habits by follow these simple tips.
We can say bye to bad oral habits by taking good habits early. We can teach children to keep their fingers and objects out of their mouth. Nails of child should cut on time at least once in a week.
Give toys and others tools to play with instead of using their mouth.
We can avoid, by keeping comfortable and busy with fun things.
Always show good behavior at home.
If a child sees elders not biting nails or lips, he will follow.
Talk to them with love and explain why habits are bad.
Go to dentist at least once in a month.
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Praying & Best Regards: |
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Upvoted! Thank you for supporting witness @jswit.
Hola @safdarali, existen métodos como los que has expresado en ti escrito que tienen como finalidad cuidar nuestros dientes.
Algo que me encantó es que a los niños se le debe corregir, pero no regañarlos , es mejor ir al fondo del problema para lograr soluciones.
Saludos y éxitos.
I agree