TEXTBOOK OF ORAL HABITS

A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends tooccur unconsciously. Habits are one of the major etiologic factors which will leads to malformation in dento-facial structures. Habits are the most frequent cause of these malformations mostly seen in the early childhood and mixed dentition stages. Other than the forces created by the oral habits there are manyforces that are acting on the structures of the oral cavity. Certain habits like thumb sucking which is mostly seen in 50% of the population other such habits includetongue thrusting mouth breathing nail biting lip chewing and bruxism which are also commonly found in the local society but stays neglected.