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Denture of my daughter
Hi, My daughter sometimes especially when sleeping sucks her thumb and there is gap between her lower and upper jaws. Can we do something at this stage so we can avoid longer treatment at later stage.
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U have to break her thumb sucking habits and she has to wear a orthodontic consultation. Who will be making appliance for her.
If the problem increased then depending upon her clinical examination and age you should go for orthodontic treatment.
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Hi, you can go for appliances treatment. There are some appliances which can treat these kind of problem. Visit to dentist.
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Give her more love n attention. Divert her attention whenever she starts to suck her thumb but don't forcefully remove her thumb. Gradually she will leave her habit
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There are fifferent methods to avoid thumb sucking. But at this stage she is too small
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Dr. Rajat Gupta
Dentist
17 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Visit a child dental specialist as it can be corrected with anti thumb sucking appliance
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Dr. Smitha S
Dentist
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
Dear concerned,
Thumb sucking has many psychological aspects to consider.
Talk to your dentist about all the intervention techniques.
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Be present for your child and give the child confidence and faith that you will be there with him/her.
Make the child feel secure.
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Do not panic, sometimes the habit stops after some time, but talk to your dentist about it.
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Dr. M.Sridhar Reddy
Endodontist
18 yrs exp
Nellore
Could be too young for treatment. Council the child in a nice way to stop thumb sucking.
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Dr. Priya Verma
Dentist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
Too early to do anything at this stage. Just talk to the child so that she doesn’t do thumb sucking in the day
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