{"id":4818,"date":"2022-06-22T03:42:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T03:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2022-06-22T03:42:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T03:42:29","slug":"long-term-effects-of-thumb-sucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/22\/long-term-effects-of-thumb-sucking\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Term Effects of Thumb Sucking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-21\">When a child continues thumb sucking into their school-age years, long-term problems can occur. Thumb sucking (or using a pacifier) changes the way that a child\u2019s teeth grow. The pressure from the thumb pushes the teeth to stick out. This affects a child\u2019s entire mouth because the teeth no longer meet properly when the child bites down. This is known as a\u00a0crossbite.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-23\">When the upper and lower teeth stick out as they grow, other problems like broken teeth can occur. Children who suck their thumbs after toddlerhood are more likely to need\u00a0orthodontic treatments\u00a0such as\u00a0braces, expanders, and other tools to correct the shape of the teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a child continues thumb sucking into their school-age years, long-term problems can occur. Thumb sucking (or using a pacifier) changes the way that a child\u2019s teeth grow. The pressure from the thumb pushes the teeth to stick out. This affects a child\u2019s entire mouth because the teeth no longer meet properly when the child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[724],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}