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Causes of malocclusions
Disorders are caused by inherited malocclusions or acquired
ones (in 80% of the cases). Acquired malocclusions are formed
during the first years of ones life. They are caused by:
- deficiency of vitamins (e.g. of a vitamin D)
- putting a child in a cradle in a faulty position, wrong
way of feeding
- a faulty way of breathing (through the open mouth, caused
by the overgrowth of tonsils, allergies, mucosa or throat
inflammation)
- a faulty way of swallowing or speaking
- a habit of sucking (one’s finger, lip, objects)
- an injury
However, the most common cause of malocclusions is dental
caries (of milk teeth especially) and its consequences,
leading to the preterm loss of a child’s teeth. The
preterm loss of milk teeth consequently results in occlusion
disorders, jaw bone growth inhibition and damage of the
permanent teeth buds formation process. It extends or delays
the process of exchange of dentition and the eruption order
for the permanent teeth is disturbed (the teeth are crowded,
displaced from the dental arch, turned from their own vertical
axis).
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