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Warning - 1
Eustachian tube
Tip of
tongue
Soft palate
Tooth bud in
mandible
Epiglottis
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While at rest, the tongue does not exert abnormal forces on any
of the structures within the oral cavity. The teeth remain in a
stable position because they are in a neutral zone between
the tongue and cheeks.
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ET
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Vacuum
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The mouth has to adjust to any object in the mouth other than
the breast. The unnatural forces that can develop can impact
the position of the teeth and shape of the palate. Muscle
forces always win out over bone. - e.g.- teeth will be moved.
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Factor
in
OSA
Macroglossia
or
large
tongue
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History of
Infant Feeding
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Bubby pot - 18th Century- Like a straw - hole opens into bottom of pot
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Thumb sucking
Finger sucking
Lip sucking
Arm sucking
Pacifiers
Thumb sucking
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Retruded chin and elevated upper lip is a result of his lip sucking.
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Finger sucking
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2-digit-sucker
and hair twister.
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Lip sucking
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Facial view of
this lip sucker.
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Arm sucking
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Excessiveness =
Intensity + Frequency + Duration
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Pacifiers
Positive association between pacifiers use
and posterior cross bite and reduced upper
arch width.
Probable mechanism
Sucking activity in the cheeks
Reduced palatal support as the tongue takes a
lower position
Ogaard B, Larsson E, Lindsten R. The effect of sucking habits,
cohort, sex, intercanine arch widths, and breast or bottle feeding
on posterior cross bite in Norwegian and Swedish 3-year-old
children Am J Orthod Dentofac Orthop 1994;106:161-6..
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Swallow
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Thrust
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Facial form
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Facial Form
Breastfed baby
vs.
Bottle-fed / thumb sucking baby
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Lip contour of 4
month old breastfed
infant
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Aggressive thumb
sucker at 4 months.
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Compromised
oropharynx (throat) of
same 7 year old.
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