Rooting and sucking are a part of an infant's natural reflexes. Nonnutritive sucking assists in helping the infant to feel secure. Some parents become very concerned about their infants sucking fingers, thumbs, or a pacifier and try to stop the behavior. As a rule, if thumb sucking stops before the permanent teeth begin to erupt, misalignment of the teeth and malocclusion can be avoided. Parents should be taught that teasing and punishing a child for using a pacifier or sucking the thumb is not an effective method for getting the child to stop. This can increase the child's anxiety and cause the child to increase the behavior.
(Options 1, 2, and 3) These options are incorrect. Use of a pacifier or thumb sucking prior to eruption of the permanent teeth does not tend to cause dental issues such as teeth misalignment or malocclusion.
Educational objective:
The risk of teeth misalignment and malocclusion occurs when a child uses a pacifier or sucks the thumb after the eruption of the permanent teeth.
Rooting and sucking are a part of an infant's natural reflexes. Nonnutritive sucking assists in helping the infant to feel secure. Some parents become very concerned about their infants sucking fingers, thumbs, or a pacifier and try to stop the behavior. As a rule, if thumb sucking stops before the permanent teeth begin to erupt, misalignment of the teeth and malocclusion can be avoided. Parents should be taught that teasing and punishing a child for using a pacifier or sucking the thumb is not an effective method for getting the child to stop. This can increase the child's anxiety and cause the child to increase the behavior.
(Options 1, 2, and 3) These options are incorrect. Use of a pacifier or thumb sucking prior to eruption of the permanent teeth does not tend to cause dental issues such as teeth misalignment or malocclusion.
Educational objective:
The risk of teeth misalignment and malocclusion occurs when a child uses a pacifier or sucks the thumb after the eruption of the permanent teeth.
