Title

Bad habits in children and their impact on oral health and development of teeth.

Authors

MARHAMAH; FAJRIANI; ERWANSYAH, EKA; NATSIR, NURHAYATI; HAMRUN, NURLINDA; GANI, ASDAR; IRWAN, AUTIKA FIRLIE; ACHMAD, HARUN

Abstract

Background: Bad oral habits are extrinsic factors that can affect hard tissue (teeth, alveolar bone), tooth supporting tissue (gums, periodontal ligaments), and other oral mucosa (tongue, lips, cheeks, palate, etc.). Bad habits affect dentofacial functions such as the process of chewing, speaking, tooth occlusion, and the structure of the tooth supporting tissue as well as aesthetics during the teething period. Purpose: To see the overview of bad habits in children that have an impact on oral health and to explain the kinds of bad habits that can affect the growth of teeth. Discussion: Various kinds of bad habits in children that affect the development of teeth in children include thumb or finger sucking, inserting foreign objects into the oral cavity (biting pencils, pens and nail biting), tongue thrusting, mouth breathing, and lip sucking or lip biting. Conclusion: An overview of bad habits in children that have an impact on oral health is thumb sucking and mouth breathing which can cause malocclusion in the child. Malocclusion is formed due to the interaction of various factors, namely internal and external.

Subjects

ORAL habits; ORAL health; MALOCCLUSION; DENTAL occlusion; ORTHODONTICS

Publication

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (09752366), 2020, p1434

ISSN

0975-2366

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.172