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Kebiasaan Buruk Yang Dapat Merubah Bentuk Wajah

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Most children now seen to had teeth that grew irregularly. Thus causing the position of the teeth become crowded. In medical terms this situation was called malocclusion. Maloclusion is not fit relationship when the teeth at upper jaw and lower jaw where meet. The prevalence of malocclusion in Indonesia was still high, around 80%. There are various factors that caused the occurrence of ma locclusion, such as bad habits. The bad habits su ch as: mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, bites fingers or an object, fingers sucking, lip sucking, bruxism, chin res ting or sleeping on one side. Mouth breathing caused: narrow face, protrusive, open bite, open lip. Thumb sucking caused: deciduous and permanent teeth malocclusion, abnormal fingers, psychological effects, a decline in self confidence of the children, unintentional poisoning. Tongue th rus ting caused protrusive incisors and open bite. The bite objects habit: pencils, nails, fingers, or other objects could result in shape of the jaw. Sleep habits of one side caused facial asymmetry. Interventions that could the parents who had a children with bad habits where: 1) Determinate the cause before treatment. 2) Strengthening the child, in this case the child should be involved to be interested to stop these bad habits.

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Jurnal Skala Husada, 9(1) 2012 : 22-27

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Denpasar : Puslitbang Ekologi Kesehatan,Badan Litbangkes., 2012

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1693-931x

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child
mouth
MALOCCLUSION

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