Many babies have a preference for finger sucking. In this regard, experts pointed out that the baby’s bad habit of sucking fingers should be corrected in time, otherwise the teeth may not be neat when they grow up.
Recently, many children who are preparing to go to primary school in the second half of the year are wearing “gold hoops” on their teeth. Ms. Li took her son Ding Ding to the hospital’s stomatology department yesterday afternoon to straighten his teeth. Ms. Li told reporters that Ding Ding liked to suck his fingers when he was a child, and he developed the habit of sucking pencils when he was about to go to primary school. similar. Finger-sucking in young children can interfere with tooth growth, causing the teeth to be turned out or uneven. If it is not corrected in time, nothing will be seen in a short period of time, but in the long term, it will have a certain impact on the maxilla and mandible of the child’s teeth. ” Experts said that children sucking their fingers, due to the inconsistent direction of sucking, are prone to form dental deformities such as open jaw and pregnathia.
Experts pointed out that the prevalence rate of children’s deciduous teeth and mixed teeth is the highest, and there are often oral diseases such as “underground”, dental caries, deformed teeth, and irregular arrangement. And many parents like to use severe accusations, beatings, etc. to intimidate the baby to prevent the baby from continuing to suck. In fact, it is a wise way to divert your baby’s attention. For example, use other toys to attract him, and you can take your child out to play more, so that he can gain knowledge in the colorful world, increase his knowledge, and gradually forget the original bad habits. In addition, one or two-year-old children sucking their fingers, biting things, grinding their teeth may also be the manifestations of zinc deficiency, and some are also combined with iron deficiency, copper deficiency, and calcium deficiency. For children aged 1-3, it is recommended that parents give them appropriate zinc supplementation.
