Treatment options - Correcting habits

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Teeth move with slight pressure in the right (or wrong) direction. Bad habits can cause teeth to move in the wrong direction.

Bad Habits

• Thumb sucking.
• Mouth breathing.
• Tongue thrusting.
• Fingernail biting.

Appliances often used to correct habits

Tongue crib/ hay rake

Rigid palatal expander

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