A 6 year old female child reported with a chief complaint of proclined upper anteriors. Parents give a history of prolonged bottle-feeding and a persistent thumb sucking habit. Clinical examination reveals anterior open bite with proclined upper anterior and retroclined lower anterior teeth and associated tongue thrusting. Usually digit sucking habits are outgrown by:
Correct Answer: 3-4 years
Description: Thumb-sucking in children
No active intervention regardless of type and severity of malocclusion because of general emotional immaturity.
Most children out grow the habit by approximately 5 years of age.
Malocclusion is self-correcting, if ceased by the time of eruption of permanent teeth.
Parents are advised to ignore habit.
Give more attention to the child when not sucking.
If occlusion Class II, advise need for future orthodontic treatment.
Ref: Textbook of Orthodontics Gurkeerat Singh Second edition
Category:
Dental
Get More
Subject Mock Tests
Practice with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects and improve your knowledge.
Attempt a mock test nowMock Exam
Take an exam with 100 random questions selected from all subjects to test your knowledge.
Coming SoonGet More
Subject Mock Tests
Try practicing mock tests with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects.
Attempt a mock test now