A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur unconsciously. Habits are one of the major etiologic factors which will leads to malformation in dento-facial structures. They are the most frequent cause of these malformations mostly seen in the early childhood and mixed dentition stages. Bad oral habits extended over a long period could cause damage to the dento-skeletal development. The most common are sucking the thumb (or another finger), lips or objects, as well as atypical swallowing and oral breathing. Tongue thrust is another bad oral habit where the...
A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur unconsciously. Habits are one of the major etiologic factors which will...