{"id":1507,"date":"2019-12-27T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T03:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikemalonedds.com\/blog\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2019-12-27T22:51:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T03:51:23","slug":"thumb-sucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumb Sucking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I sucked my thumb until I was in junior high school and was finally able to quit. Now I’m an adult with a huge overbite. Is it possible to fix this without metal braces?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cami<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Cami,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invisalign
Invisalign: The adult solutions to braces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m glad you wrote. It is never too late to repair and improve the appearance of your smile. Plus, because of the advancements in orthodontics, you no longer have to wear ugly and uncomfortable braces with their metal wires and brackets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My suggestion is you see a dentist who offers Invisalign<\/a>. These use clear aligners. No one will even know you are wearing them, even at a conversational distance. One of the hidden benefits is the aligners can double as teeth whitening<\/a> trays. This will enable you to straighten and whiten your teeth at the same time, though you don’t have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thumb Sucking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m saying this for the benefit of parents who have a thumb sucker. Don’t panic! Most children give the habit up by the time their adult teeth start to come in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you make a big deal out of it, there’s a good chance it will backfire and make it harder for your child to quit. If they get to the point where their permanent teeth are coming in and they can’t seem to quit, let them know you can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t have to take them to a pediatric dentist<\/a> and do anything expensive. The simplest solution is to purchase Thum. This is a bitter-tasting liquid you can “paint” on their thumbs. Most of the time they stick their thumb in their mouth without even meaning to because it’s a subconscious habit. This liquid will help them realize it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is brought to you by Lafayette, LA Dentist<\/a> Dr. Mike Malone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sucked my thumb until I was in junior high school and was finally able to quit. Now I’m an adult with a huge overbite. Is it possible to fix this without metal braces? Cami Dear Cami, I’m glad you wrote. It is never too late to repair and improve the appearance of your smile. … Continue reading Thumb Sucking<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[23,758,259,757,40,19,759,756],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lafayette-la-dentist-2","tag-braces","tag-invisaling","tag-invisible-braces","tag-overbite","tag-pediatric-dentist","tag-teeth-whitening","tag-thum","tag-thumb-sucking"],"yoast_head":"\nThumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Camellia DDS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"writeradmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"writeradmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"writeradmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\"},\"headline\":\"Thumb Sucking\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Invisalign.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Braces\",\"Invisaling\",\"invisible braces\",\"overbite\",\"Pediatric Dentist\",\"Teeth Whitening\",\"Thum\",\"thumb sucking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Lafayette LA Dentist\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Invisalign.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\"},\"description\":\"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Invisalign.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Invisalign.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":619,\"caption\":\"Invisalign aligner\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/thumb-sucking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thumb Sucking\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Camellia DDS Blog\",\"description\":\"Cosmetic Dentistry Questions Answered\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\",\"name\":\"writeradmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"writeradmin\"},\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog","description":"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog","og_description":"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/","og_site_name":"Camellia DDS Blog","article_published_time":"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"writeradmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"writeradmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/"},"author":{"name":"writeradmin","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05"},"headline":"Thumb Sucking","datePublished":"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/"},"wordCount":311,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg","keywords":["Braces","Invisaling","invisible braces","overbite","Pediatric Dentist","Teeth Whitening","Thum","thumb sucking"],"articleSection":["Lafayette LA Dentist"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/","name":"Thumb Sucking - Camellia DDS Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-28T03:51:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-28T03:51:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05"},"description":"What can she do to straighten her teeth without braces after years of thumb sucking?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Invisalign.jpg","width":900,"height":619,"caption":"Invisalign aligner"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/thumb-sucking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thumb Sucking"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/","name":"Camellia DDS Blog","description":"Cosmetic Dentistry Questions Answered","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05","name":"writeradmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"writeradmin"},"url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}