Correlation between Malocclusion, Oral Habits, and Socio-economic Level of Preschool Children

1960 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis J.P. Calisti ◽  
M. Michael Cohen ◽  
Martha H. Fales
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Oral Habits ◽  
Economic Level

scholarly journals The view of parents and teachers about the occurrence of deleterious oral habits in a group of preschool children

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Maria Zaratini Fernandes ◽  
Maria Cecília Marconi Pinheiro Lima
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Oral Habits ◽  
Stomatognathic System ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the parents and teachers views about the occurrence of deleterious oral habits in preschool children. Methods: a cross - sectional study with a quantitative analysis. Parents and teachers answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding the deleterious habits of preschool children and signed the Informed Consent Term. At the end, 221questionaries were included. The data were submitted to Chi-square test, Fisher exact and McNemar tests. Results: according to the parents, the most frequent habit was the bottle with 52.04%, followed by the pacifier with 24.09%. According to the teachers, the pacifier was the most frequent one, accounting for 20.36% of cases, followed by the use of bottle (7.69%). In the present sample, 90.95% of the children were breastfed. When related to oral habits, it was observed that the longer the breastfeeding time, the lower the use of pacifiers and bottles. By comparing the questionnaires, it was verified that the parents noticed, more frequently, the oral habits than did the teachers. Conclusion: in the group studied, the parents reported more the presence of deleterious oral habits than did the teachers. It is important that parents, and especially teachers, have information about the harm caused by the prolonged presence of such habits, so that they can encourage their interruption, thus, avoiding possible damages to the stomatognathic system and the performance of orofacial functions.

scholarly journals Relationship between malocclusion and deleterious oral habits in preschool children in Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leite Cavalcanti ◽  
Medeiros Bezerra ◽  
Cristiano Moura ◽  
Medeiros Bezerra ◽  
Flávia Granville-Gracia
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Open Bite ◽  
Anterior Open Bite ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Oral Habits ◽  
Posterior Crossbite ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of malocclusions in preschool children in the city of Campina Grande, PB, Brazil, and verify the existence of associations between malocclusions and deleterious oral habits, gender and age. Methods: 342 children (3-5-year-old; 196 boys and 146 girls) with complete primary dentition and no previous orthodontic treatment were randomly selected from children regularly attending municipal day care centers. The occurrence of the following malocclusions was evaluated: accentuated overjet and overbite, anterior open bite and posterior crossbite. A calibrated experienced examiner (Kappa = 0.86) performed all clinical examinations under natural lightening after drying the teeth and soft tissue with gauze. Yates' chi-square and Fisher's exact tests verified the association between the variables and odds ratio. Significance level was set at 5%. Results: Malocclusions and deleterious oral habits were observed in 74% and 73.4% of the children, respectively. The prevalence of malocclusion was 68.9% in boys and 80.9% in girls. Accentuated overjet (45%) and anterior open bite (42.4%) were the most prevalent malocclusions. There was statistically significant difference (P = .008) between genders. However, no statistically significant differences (P = .47) were found among the age groups. Accentuated overjet, anterior open bite and posterior crossbite showed a positive association with the presence of deleterious oral habits. Conclusions: The high prevalence of malocclusions and deleterious oral habits observed in this pediatric population is supportive to the fact that oral health professionals that treat patients in these age groups should be aware of the importance of an early and accurate diagnosis in order to avoid the aggravation of occlusal alterations in the future.

scholarly journals Parafunctional oral habits and primary dentition characteristics in a group of preschool children from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Francisco Murrieta-Pruneda ◽  
◽  
Yannette Concesa Velázquez-Jiménez ◽  
María Fernanda Yáñez-Acosta ◽  
María del Pilar Adriano-Anaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Primary Dentition ◽  
Oral Habits

scholarly journals ORAL HABITS, BREASTFEEDING AND BAD MALOCCLUSION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Carminatti ◽  
Isabel Berger ◽  
Bárbara Lavra-Pinto ◽  
Renata Frazon ◽  
Fernando Araújo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Oral Habits

scholarly journals Study Risk factors of increased Z-Score of Body Mass Index in preschool-age children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathi Mahmoud El-Gamal ◽  
R Babader ◽  
M Al-Shaikh ◽  
A Al-Harbi ◽  
J Al-Kaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Allergic Disorders

Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to explore the risk factors of increased BMI /Age Z score > + 2 SD in the preschool children. Result: BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD was found in 19.5% (146 /748) of the children. It was significantly more common among the children from areas with high socio-economic level (OR: 2.434; 95% CI 1.543, 3.841, and p < 0.000). Risk of being obese was significantly higher among the males (OR 0.630; 95% CI 0.431, 0.920, and p < 0.017) compared to females. The increased duration of breast feeding in infancy, was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= 0.027, p< 0.004). Decreased age of the child was significantly associated with increased BMI/Age Z-score (b= - 0.013, p < 0.004). The children with stunted growth were 6.7 times fold likely to have BMI/Age Z Score > + 2 SD compared to the normal children (OR 6.733; 95% CI 3.799, 10.800, and p < 0.000), after allowing for other factors. No significant association was found between allergic disorders and BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD.

scholarly journals Prevalence of malocclusions and dysfunctional oral habits in preschool children of municipal establishments in Viña del Mar.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-279
Author(s):  
Nicolás Aróstica ◽  
◽  
Gabriela Carrillo ◽  
Alfredo Cueto ◽  
Dylan Mariño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Open Bite ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Oral Habits ◽  
Dental Crowding

Introduction: Malocclusions are a public health problem at national and global level, being third in the ranking of the most prevalent oral pathologies.Its origin is multifactorial, with dysfunctional oral habits being a risk factor. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malocclusions and dysfunctional oral habits in students aged between 4 and 6 years in state-run public schools in Viña del Mar, Chile. Material and methods: A prevalence study was carried out in 184 students selected by random cluster sampling. Malocclusions were assessed by clinical examination, while dysfunctional oral habits were assessed by questionnaires and clinical examination. The data were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test, Chi-square test and the PHI correlation coefficient. Results: The prevalence of malocclusions was 54.35% (95% CI [47.04% - 61.47%]), with dental crowding being the most frequent, while prevalence of dysfunctional oral habits was 95.11% (95% CI [90.82% - 97.45%]), led by lingual interposition. In none of the cases statistically significant differences of age, gender or class were noticed. The evidence provided by this study indicates that the presence of malocclusions is independent of the presence of dysfunctional oral habits, except between open bite and interposition of objects, whose magnitude of dependence was minor (0.2). Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of malocclusions and dysfunctional oral habits in preschool children, with dental crowding and lingual interposition being the most frequent, respectively. The presence of malocclusions is independent of the presence of dysfunctional oral habits.

scholarly journals Economic crisis and malnutrition: socioeconomic determinants of anthropometric status of preschool children and their mothers in an African urban area

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Delpeuch ◽  
P Traissac ◽  
Y Martin-Prével ◽  
JP Massamba ◽  
B Maire
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Socioeconomic Determinants ◽  
Prenatal Factors ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the relative importance of socioeconomic and maternal/prenatal determinants of the nutritional situation of children < 6 years old in an urban African area after several years of economic crisis.DesignCross-sectional cluster sample survey.SettingBrazzaville, capital city of the Congo.SubjectsInformation on socioeconomic characteristics was gathered from a random sample of 1368 households by house visits and anthropometric measurements were performed using standardized procedures on preschool children (n=2373) and their mothers (n=1512).ResultsThe influence of socioeconomic factors on the nutritional status of children, taking into account adjustment variables such as mother's age and child's age and sex was assessed. For stunting, as well as for the mean height-for-age index among children, the main determinants were economic level of the household (P=0.048 and P=0.004, respectively), schooling of the mother (P=0.004 and P < 10−3) and living in the peripheral district (P=0.005 and P < 10−3). The influence of socioeconomic determinants on weight-for-age and wasting was less straightforward. When adjusting, in addition, for maternal and prenatal factors (mother's height and body mass index (BMI) and birth weight), most of the effects of the socioeconomic determinants on the nutritional status of children persisted somewhat, but the effect of the economic level on the stunting became not significant (P=0.11). The mean BMI of mothers appeared to be related to the economic level of the household (P < 10−4), to the marital status (P=0.01) and to the occupation of the mother (P < 10−4).ConclusionsAmong the socioeconomic determinants of malnutrition in children, some, such as economic level of the household or schooling of the mother, seem to act mainly through prenatal factors, whereas others, mainly dwelling district characteristics, seem to influence more directly the children's nutritional status.

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