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Prolonged Pacifier Use and Your Child’s Oral Health
If you use a pacifier over a lengthy period of time, it can result in teeth and gum health issues for your child. By maintaining regular check-ups your child-friendly dentist can help prevent dental problems arising.
Key takeaways:
– A pacifier can impact on the shape of the roof of your child’s mouth, which could result in an open bite.
– Prolonged pacifier use can lead to misaligned teeth, which will require orthodontic treatment later to correct.
– You should look to have weaned your child off a pacifier by the age of two years old.
“Avoid dipping the pacifier in a sweet solution such as honey; this can encourage tooth decay.”
Read the full story here
https://yourdentalhealthresource.com/how-does-a-pacifier-impact-your-childs-oral-health/
Posted by adwords on 30th July 2019, under Children
Dr. Kishanie Wijesinghe Little BDSDr. Kishanie Little is passionate about delivering excellent dentistry and dental restorations that are life-like and indistinguishable from natural teeth. She believes that restorations (fillings/crowns/veneers) should look beautiful – and that they should last. Dr. Little keeps abreast of new developments in restorative dentistry through post-graduate training.
Dr. Little is also an experienced Facial Aesthetistician, including Botulinum toxins (such as Botox) and Dermafillers. She appreciates how simple and subtle changes to smooth and relax muscles can “freshen” a face, to look younger.
In her personal time, she loves to cook, read, run, practice yoga and pilates, play a bad game of tennis and am now learning to play golf. She loves Art and Theatre and support the Tate Modern. She also enjoys writing and has a book in the works.
