{"id":185,"date":"2016-09-27T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2024-07-17T08:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:59:29","slug":"thumb-sucking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/conditions\/thumb-sucking\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumb Sucking"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Thumb Sucking” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23434947″ google_fonts=”font_family:PT%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Thumb Sucking and its Consequences” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23434947″ google_fonts=”font_family:PT%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1479474001513{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]Although thumb sucking in infants is normal, it becomes problematic beyond 5 years old, or when permanent teeth emerge. Constant thumb sucking may bring about the following problems:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]\n
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  1. Protruding upper teeth (commonly known as buck teeth)<\/li>\n
  2. Pronunciation difficulties<\/li>\n
  3. Deepened roof of the mouth<\/li>\n
  4. Misalignment of upper and lower jaws<\/li>\n
  5. Irritated and sometimes infected thumbs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1487090928926{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]Let our experts<\/a> determine the causes of your child\u2019s thumb sucking habit, and look at different options to prevent thumb sucking related problems from developing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1490714332948{margin-bottom: 80px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bottom-page-banner-urgent.jpg?id=1152) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”last-lady”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Urgent Care Needed?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:48|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:PT%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1487258237927{margin-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_raw_js]JTNDcCUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyY2FsbC11cyUyMGlubmVyLWNhbGwlMjIlM0VDYWxsJTIwVXMlMjBhdCUyMCUzQ3NwYW4lMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmNhbGwtdXMtcGglMjIlM0UlM0NhJTIwb25DbGljayUzRCUyMmd0YWclMjglMjdldmVudCUyNyUyQyUyMCUyN2NsaWNrJTI3JTJDJTIwJTdCJTI3ZXZlbnRfY2F0ZWdvcnklMjclM0ElMjAlMjdJbm5lciUyMFBhZ2UlMjBDVEElMjclMkMlMjAlMjdldmVudF9sYWJlbCUyNyUzQSUyMCUyN1Bob25lJTIwTnVtYmVyJTIwQ2xpY2tlZCUyNyUyQyUyMCUyN3ZhbHVlJTI3JTNBJTIwJTI3MCUyNyU3RCUyOSUzQiUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJ0ZWwlM0E1MTQlMjA2MjQtMTkzNSUyMiUzRSUyODUxNCUyOSUyMDYyNC0xOTM1JTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRnNwYW4lM0UlMjBvciUyMCUzQ3NwYW4lMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmNhbGwtdXMtYnRuJTIwaW5uZXItYnRuJTIyJTNFJTNDYSUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5waWVycmVmb25kcy5kZW50aXN0JTJGZW4lMkZjb250YWN0JTJGJTIyJTNFQ29udGFjdCUyMFVzJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRnNwYW4lM0UlM0MlMkZwJTNF[\/vc_raw_js][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Thumb Sucking” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23434947″ google_fonts=”font_family:PT%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Thumb Sucking and its Consequences” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23434947″ google_fonts=”font_family:PT%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1479474001513{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]Although thumb sucking in infants is normal, it becomes problematic beyond 5 years old, or when permanent teeth emerge. Constant thumb sucking may bring about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pierrefonds.dentist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}