%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de h¨¢bitos orales infantiles y su influencia en la dentici¨®n temporal
%A Franco Varas
%A V.
%A Gorritxo Gil
%A B.
%A Garc¨ªa Izquierdo
%A F.
%J Pediatr¨ªa Atenci¨®n Primaria
%D 2012
%I Asociaci¨®n Espa?ola de Pediatr¨ªa de Atenci¨®n Primaria (AEPap)
%R 10.4321/S1139-76322012000100002
%X abstract objectives: to assess the prevalence of anomalous oral habits and the influence of nonnutritive (pacifier and digit) sucking habits on primary dentition in a sample of preschool-age children. materials and methods: design: cross-sectional, descriptive, observational epidemiological study; location: three schools of the basque country; participants: 225 children of ages ranging from two to six years with fully erupted primary teeth. main measurements: the data were obtained through a habit questionnaire given to the parents, and clinical examinations performed on the children during which occlusal abnormalities such as anterior open bites, increased overjets and posterior crossbites were recorded. results: the prevalence of deleterious oral habits in the studied sample of children was very high (90.7%). nonnutritive sucking habits (of pacifier, digits) were shown to be the most frequent among them (85.3%). we found a significant increase in the studied malocclusions when the sucking habit persisted. conclusions: nonnutritive sucking habits influence the development of teeth, and therefore we recommend that such habits be discontinued early (before two years of age) to prevent the development of dental malocclusions.
%K nonnutritive sucking
%K primary dentition
%K malocclusion.
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