Digital Aspiration As An Indicator of Failure in Pediatric Patients

Abstract

Habits are habits that are obtained by the repetitive action of some exercise, at the beginning they are usually voluntary, but with the passing of time it becomes an involuntary practice. Finger sucking is characterized by the introduction of one or more fingers of one of the child's hands into the mouth, and it is generally performed with the tip or thumb of the thumb resting on the palatal vault. This action, when performed after 4 years of age, can trigger malocclusions; therefore, we seek to establish the relationship between finger sucking and malocclusion in pediatric patients, by means of a bibliographic research collecting documented information from books, magazines and scientific articles among others, to gather information from observational, transversal and descriptive studies that are related to digital aspiration and malocclusion in pediatric patients. It is concluded that oral habits such as digital aspiration should not go unnoticed since they not only cause alterations in the oral cavity but also collateral effects such as deformation of the thumb, fungal infection or eczema, parallel habits, mandibular prognathism.