Prevalence of Oral Habits and its Effect in Primary Dentition among Sudanese Preschool Children in Khartoum City

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.

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

Journal of Dental Research ◽

10.1177/00220345600390030501 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 450-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Louis J.P. Calisti ◽

M. Michael Cohen ◽

Martha H. Fales

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Oral Habits ◽

Economic Level

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Effects of oral habits' duration on dental characteristics in the primary dentition

The Journal of the American Dental Association ◽

10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0121 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 132 (12) ◽

pp. 1685-1693 ◽

Cited By ~ 81

Author(s):

JOHN J. WARREN ◽

SAMIR E. BISHARA ◽

KARI L. STEINBOCK ◽

TAKURO YONEZU ◽

ARTHUR J. NOWAK

Keyword(s):

Primary Dentition ◽

Oral Habits

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

Stomatoloski glasnik Srbije ◽

10.2298/sgs0803154c ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 154-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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.

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Occlusal characteristics including spacing among preschool children: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Chitwan Medical College ◽

10.3126/jcmc.v9i4.26896 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 28-31

Author(s):

Megha Pradhan ◽

Shweta Dhital ◽

Srijana Dahal ◽

Ujjwal Joshi ◽

Prabesh Sherchan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Permanent Dentition ◽

Primary Dentition ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Primary Molar ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Institutional Review ◽

Permanent Occlusion

Background: Understanding the association between morphological aspects in the primary dentition and its transition to the permanent dentition provides the possibility of predicting the final permanent occlusion. Study on the occlusal characteristics in deciduous dentition in Nepalese population is limited. This study was aimed to assess the occlusal characteristics and spacing in primary dentition in preschool children. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted among 432 preschool children around Kathmandu valley after getting permission from Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Each child fulfilling the inclusion criteria was enrolled on the study only after their assent and their parent’s consent. The primary molar relation, canine relation, overjet, overbite was assessed using Foster and Hamilton criteria with the teeth in centric occlusion. Primate and physiological spaces were assessed. Data was collected and analysis was done in SPSS version 16. Results: Among the participants, (51.9%) were male and (48.1%) female. Primate spaces was seen to be absent on157 (36.3%) children. Physiological space was seen among 190 (44%) children. Flush terminal plane molar relationship was more prevalent among 294 (68%) children. Class I canine relationship was found in 257(59.5%) children. Ideal overjet was seen in 333 (77.1%) children and ideal overbite was seen among 337(78%) children. Conclusions: Favorable characteristics traits were seen in the studied population yet longitudinal studies are recommended to predict the possible outcome in permanent dentition.

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Evaluation of Awareness Among Muslim Parents of Preschool Children in Udaipur City of Rajasthan India, Regarding the Importance of Primary Dentition

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry ◽

10.5005/johcd-6-2-64 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 64-68

Author(s):

Ruchi Arora

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Primary Teeth ◽

Dental Health ◽

Educational Background ◽

Primary Dentition ◽

Chi Square ◽

Significance Level ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Dental Needs

ABSTRACT Aim Little data is available on the initiative shown by the Muslim parents for dental health care of their children. This study was conducted to evaluate the awareness among Muslim parents of preschool children in Udaipur city of Rajasthan India, regarding the importance of primary teeth. Material and Methods A total of hundred Muslim parents of preschool children were included in the study with equal ratio of males and females. Self-administered questionnaire were given to the parents to be completed by holding interactive meetings with the help of respective community heads. Chi-square test was applied and significance level was calculated. Results The results showed that a high proportion of parents were unaware of their children's dental needs. It was surprising to note that the male parents (67.7%) were more aware as compared to the female parents (58.2%). Conculusion Parents lack adequate knowledge on importance of the primary teeth; hence, there is an increasing need to increase the knowledge of parents through effective strategies. Educational background appeared to influence the level of awareness of the importance of primary dentition.

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