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Part thirteen
第十三章
Orthodontic Treatment
正畸治療
Doctor Smith has referred my son to your office for orthodontic treatment.
史密斯醫生把我的兒子介紹到你這里進行矯正治療。
I see. Would you and your son come into my consultation room, please? How old is your son?
哦，那么，請你和你的兒子進到治療室去，你兒子幾歲了？
10 years old, Doctor.
十歲。
Has he ever had a serious disease?
他以前得過重病嗎？
Does he have a history of serious illness?
他以前有得過重病的歷史嗎？
No, nothing out of the ordinary.
沒有，沒有什么太重的病。
Did he ever have a thumb-sucking habit?
他有沒有吸吮大拇指的習慣？
He used to suck his thumb when he was younger, but he stopped when he was eight years old.
他還小的時候習慣吮吸大拇指，到了八歲時就不吮吸了。
Is he a mouth breather?
他是不是用嘴巴呼吸的？
Does he sleep with his mouth open?
他是不是張著嘴巴睡覺？
Does he usually breathe through his mouth?
他是不是常常用嘴巴呼吸？
Does he have a habit of biting his lips or tongue?
他有沒有咬嘴唇和咬舌頭的習慣？
Does he press his tongue against the back of his teeth when he swallows?
他吞東西時是不是把他的舌頭緊貼在牙齒后邊？
Is he a tongue thruster
他是不是習慣推伸舌頭？
Sometimes, Doctor, he does make a habit of biting his tongue.
他有時有咬舌頭的習慣
Did you use a comforter (pacifier) for a long time, Taro?
太郎，你是不是用橡皮奶頭用過一段很長時間？
Do you bite your fingernails?
你咬指甲嗎？
Do you ever bite on pencils or other objects?
你咬過鉛筆或者別的什么東西嗎？
T: Yes, I do bite on pencils at school.
是的，我在學校里咬鉛筆。
Has he ever had trouble with his tonsils or adenoids?
他得過扁桃腺炎或腺狀腫嗎？
Has he ever had throat infections?
他喉嚨得過感染沒有？
Did he have his tonsils or adenoids removed?
他割過扁桃腺或線狀腫嗎？
Not yet, Doctor.
沒有割過。
Did Tara have a lot of cavities in his baby teeth?
太郎的乳牙蛀的多不多？
Did he lose any baby teeth because of decay or infection?
他有沒有因為蛀牙或感染而脫落乳牙？
Does anyone in your family have a similar disarrangement of the teeth?
在你家人當有沒有患有類似的齒列不正的？
Do you sleep on your stomach or on your back, Taro?
太郎，你是肚子在下邊是背在下睡覺的？
I forget, Doctor.
我忘記了。
The normal development of the teeth and jaws may be affected by the way that a child sleeps.
孩子們牙齒和頜部的正常發育可能因睡眠的姿勢而受到影響。
All of these things are important to the teeth?
這些對牙齒都很重要嗎？
Yes. Oral habits and premature loss of the baby teeth are also important factors in determining how the teeth and jaws develop.
是的，與口腔有關的習慣和乳牙過早脫落也是決定牙齒和上、下頜如何發育的重要因素，
Oral habits are very difficult to stop.
口腔的習慣不易改變過來，
Sometimes they can be treated successfully.
有時卻能治的好。
For example, "Thumb Suck" may help the patient to stop thumb sucking.
例如：人工做的、用來吮吸的、假拇指，可以幫助病人改掉吮吸大拇指的習慣。
A lip bumper may help to stop lip sucking.
唇套也有助于改掉咬嘴唇的習慣。
