Week 1 Oral Habits

Question 1

Dental anterior open bite can also be caused by…

Answer 1

oral habits

Question 2

Habits related to anterior open bite?

Answer 2

Thumb and finger

Pacifier

Question 3

Basic reflexes present at birth?

Answer 3

Rooting
Placing
Sucking

Question 4

Sucking is……

Answer 4

identified in utero
Serves as post partum preparation
Reflex is lost during the first year of life

post partum: after birth

Question 5

Infantile swallow use…

Answer 5

Tongue to lower lip
Jaws apart
Lips together

Question 6

Adult swallow use…

Answer 6

Teeth together
Tongue to palate
Lips relaxed

Question 7

Adult swallow appears when?

Answer 7

3-10 years

Question 8

Nonnutritive sucking is considered ____ and more common in _____ at ____ year

Answer 8

normal child hood behavior (50-67% at 1 year) ,

Females at 1 year

Question 9

Nonnutritive sucking usually ends at ________

Answer 9

2-4 years

70-80% gone by 5 or 6

Question 10

persistent digit habits in _____ and it can include ____, ______, and _____

Answer 10

females

digits, pacifiers, clothing

Question 11

When Maxillary dental protrusion + Mandibular dental retrusion, it increases _____

Answer 11

overjet

Question 12

Maxillary and mandibular vertical force results in______

Answer 12

open bite

Question 13

Maxillary lingual force constriction results in _____

Answer 13

posterior crossbite

Question 14

Digit habits lead to……

Answer 14

Increased overjet

Asymmetric or symmetric open bite

Maxillary constriction

Proclined upper and retroclined lower incisors

Clean fingers are a tip off (the finger they suck is usually clean)

Question 15

Treatment options for digit habits

Answer 15

counseling
rewards
reminders
adjunctive therapy

Question 16

Reminders for digit habits use….

Answer 16

band aids on the fingers
gloves or socks on the hands
commercial astringents (bad taste, reminds child not to suck)

Question 17

Adjunctive therapy for digit habits?

Answer 17

Elastic bandages around elbow

Fixed appliances that remind patients not to suck their fingers.

Question 18

Elastic bandage treatment

Answer 18

start with explanation
apply only at nights
be cautious of tightness
Treatment time: 6-8 weeks

Question 19

Fixed appliances for adjunctive therapy

Answer 19

Band 6’s or E’s (to reduce length of moment arm)

036 mil wire

Question 20

Consider using quad helix when…..

Answer 20

if a posterior cross bite is present (along with digit habit)

Question 21

maintain _____ following termination of habit

Answer 21

6 months

expect few replacement habits

Question 22

DO not use ___ with pacifiers

Answer 22

sweeteners

Question 23

Dental effects of pacifiers?

Answer 23

Symmetric open bite

Maxillary constriction (like finger habit)