What are the remedies for unilateral chewing?

Chewing is a necessary action when people eat, because chewing can break up larger pieces of food, which is conducive to the salivary enzymes to carry out primary digestion and decomposition of food, reducing the digestive burden of the stomach and intestines, and improving the absorption rate. Chewing is accomplished by using the mouth to apply pressure to the teeth. Many people like to chew with one side of the mouth. In the long run, this causes the two sides of the face to be of different sizes, affecting the aesthetic appearance. Therefore, this habit of unilateral chewing must be changed. Let's take a look at the remedies for unilateral chewing.

Chewing on one side for a long time. People usually chew food alternately with the teeth on both sides, but if they only chew on one side, it will cause asymmetry of the facial muscles, and the masseter muscle on the side that chews for a long time will become larger. For children in the developmental stage, long-term unilateral chewing will stimulate the development of the mandible, causing crooked teeth and unilateral mandibular hypertrophy, leading to offset jaw, and severe facial deformities.

Solution:

There are many reasons for the formation of unilateral chewing habits. Therefore, we need to remind everyone that we should pay attention to timely treatment of dental diseases.

1. If you have formed a habit of unilateral chewing, first check and eliminate the cause of the habit, and then practice chewing food on both sides. Because when eating food, only by chewing evenly on both sides can the gums on both sides be stimulated evenly, which is beneficial to the normal development of teeth, jaws, and corresponding muscles, and the situation of one side of the face being bigger than the other side will not occur.

2. Don't eat snacks that require chewing, such as chewing gum, and the condition will gradually improve.

3. It is best not to use hormone drugs for treatment. Hormone drugs can make you fat quickly, and will shrink after stopping the drugs. It is better to lose weight naturally.