scholarly journals The effects of thumb sucking habit on the development of malocclusions in preschool age children in Hilla city

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Saba M Al-kinane ◽  
Zainab A. Al-Dahan

Background: habit is any purposeless action repeated unconsciously. It is a sign of lack of harmony between the subject and the surrounding environment. Deleterious oral habits such as finger sucking could be one of the etiological factors for altered oro-facial growth development. This study conducted to explore the association between finger sucking habit and malocclusion in deciduous dentition. Materials and method: Totally 40 chronic thumb sucker and 40 controls matching in age and gender were enrolled in the study. A study conducted by verifying different occlusal trait through the intra-oral examination. Thumb sucking habit diagnosed using data gathered from parents. Results: The statistical analysis showed a highly significant difference (p>0.01) in the occurrence of anterior open bite, increased over jet between study and controls, in addition to that thumb sucking habit increased the likelihood of development of anterior open bite, increased overjet and posterior cross bite by 39 folds, 40 folds and 3 folds respectively. Conclusions: Thumb sucking habit found to be a risk factor for the development of anterior open bite and increased overjet.

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. e207468
Author(s):  
Ana de Lourdes Sá de Lira ◽  
Alice Rodrigues Santos

Aim: To evaluate the clinical behavior of sucking habits in children between 2 to 6 years old in a private (A1) and a public school (A2) in the state of Piauí. Methods: It was cross-sectional and quantitative study in 340 participants, 169 in A1 and 171 in A2. The researchers asked the children evaluated to keep their teeth occluded while analyzing whether there was no contact between the anterior teeth and no lip sealing, characterizing the anterior openbite for G1 or if there was contact between the incisors, with lip sealing, characterizing the control group (G2). Results: There was no statistically significant difference between groups regarding bottle feeding at main meals (χ2 = 3.03; p = 0.08). However, regarding the use of a pacifier, there was a statistically significant association (χ2 = 17.99; p <0.01) between pacifier use and the presence of anterior openbite. Such association was also observed between digital sucking habit and malocclusion (χ2 = 8.99; p = 0.01). Only the parents of the children with anterior openbite noticed the disharmony in the occlusion. It can be deduced that there was an awareness of parents /guardians about the disharmony generated by non-nutritive sucking habits. Conclusion: Nonnutritive sucking habits influenced the appearance of the anterior open bite in children with deciduous dentition. Nonnutritive sucking habits, such as digital sucking and pacifiers, are significantly associated with the presence of anterior open bite. Breastfeeding is important in preventing this malocclusion.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Munad J Al Duliamy

Background: Non-nutritive sucking habit (NNSH) is the main environmental causative factor that disturbs normal orofacial development. In spite of the harmful effect of pacifier as a NNSH, mothers aware from the other types of NNSH like thumb sucking far more than pacifier use. Open bite is one of the most challenging malocclusions in orthodontics due to the high prevalence of relapse after treatment, so preventing the causative factor of its occurrence is essential at early age of child life. This study aims to assess the impact of two non-nutritive patterns on the development of anterior open bite in primary dentition and to compare which of these habits mostly affect open bite development. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 313 Iraqi children (135 boys, 178 girls), aged 3-5 years, enrolled at two public kindergartens in Baghdad city, the Capital of Iraq. A pre-tested questionnaire with clinical examination were used to obtain data regarding thumb sucking, pacifier and the presence of open bite. Excel sheets were used for data processing, and Chi square test was used in data analysis. Results: There was a significant association between NNSH and the development of open bite (p value = 0.01). No gender differences in open bite prevalence were observed. The prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits and open bite was 63.11% and 52.9% respectively with no gender difference. There was no significant differences between the effect of pacifier and thumb sucking habits on the development of an anterior open bite. Conclusion: Both pacifier and thumb sucking at preschool age are significant causative factors that lead to development of open bite in primary dentition. Encouraging mothers to ban and discontinue pacifier and thumb sucking habits as early as possible in the child's life is a crucial factor to prevent open bite development. On the other hand if general health of the child indicates the use of pacifier, mothers should use an orthodontic pacifier and for short time


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-195
Author(s):  
Nurma Risa

This study aims to prove that there is a difference of perception about ethics on tax evasion in UNISMA Bekasi students, based on selected study program and gender. The sample of this research is the students who have fulfilled the subject of taxation, at the Faculty of Economics (FE) and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP). Using independent t-test, the results showed that there was no significant difference of perception about tax evasion ethics between FE and FISIP students. But significant differences the perception of tax evasion ethics occur between accounting and management students at FE. Significant differences also did not occur between male and female students


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-176
Author(s):  
PATRICK C. FRIMAN ◽  
VINCENT J. BARONE ◽  
EDWARD R. CHRISTOPHERSEN

Thumb sucking is common and adaptive in infancy and early childhood. But when sucking occurs beyond 4 years of age, a common result can be an anterior, open bite that requires expensive orthodontic correction.1 Prolonged sucking may also be a factor in class II malocclusion, narrowing of the dental arches, mucosal trauma, and digital malformation.1-4 In addition to the physical sequelae of sucking, the habit, because it is not socially approved, can generate persistent negative feedback which can adversely affect a child's self-esteem.5 Thumb sucking is a frequently reported child behavior problem that, in some children, can be associated with broader behavior disorders that require treatment.


2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Sasso Stuani ◽  
Andréa Sasso Stuani ◽  
Maria Bernadete Sasso Stuani ◽  
Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva ◽  
Mírian Aiko Nakane Matsumoto

The purpose of this study was to compare the dental pattern of patients with anterior open bite malocclusion to that of individuals with normal overbite by utilization of lateral cephalograms, panoramic radiographs and study casts. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in the inclination of the occlusal plane (SN.PlO) and position of the maxillary and mandibular incisors (1-NA, 1-NB) between both groups of individuals; but the angles of inclination of the maxillary and mandibular incisors (1.1, 1.NA and 1.NB) differed statistically between patients with anterior open bite of the individuals that presented normal overbite, which suggests that the anterior open bite may be of dental origin.


1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perminder Sachdev ◽  
Henry Brodaty ◽  
Sophia Roubina ◽  
Roderick A. Mackenzie

We performed awake and resting electroencephalograms (EEGs) on 22 subjects with DSM-III-R schizophrenic disorder of late onset (at or after age 50 years), and compared them with the EEGs of 33 healthy community controls matched for age and gender. The EEGs were rated qualitatively and a 2-minute, artifact-free tracing from each subject was quantified manually by an experienced neurophysiologist unaware of the identity of the subject group. The only significant difference was the presence of more generalized slowing in the EEGs of schizophrenia patients, which was at least partially accounted for by the effect of neuroleptic drugs. The schizophrenic subjects did not have a greater prevalence of epileptiform disturbances or abnormal asymmetry of the EEG compared to the control group. Our study does not suggest the presence of underlying dementia in schizophrenia of late onset.


2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 640-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Cozza ◽  
Manuela Mucedero ◽  
Tiziano Baccetti ◽  
Lorenzo Franchi

Abstract Objective: To investigate the effects of the quad-helix/crib (Q-H/C) appliance in subjects with thumb-sucking habits and dentoskeletal open bite at 2 years after the end of active treatment. Materials and Methods: The records of 21 subjects treated with the Q-H/C appliance were compared with a control group of 21 untreated subjects with similar vertical relationships. Lateral cephalograms were obtained before treatment (T1; mean age 8.4 ± 1.4 years) and at about 2 years after treatment (T2; mean age 11.7 ± 1.9 years) and analyzed. Mean treatment duration was 1.5 years ± 7 months. The T2–T1 changes in the two groups were compared with a nonparametric test for independent samples. Results: The mean increase in overbite during Q-H/C therapy (4.1 mm) represented an overcorrection of the amount of anterior open bite at T2. Both the maxillary and mandibular incisors showed significantly greater extrusion in the Q-H/C group than in the control group. The treated group showed a greater downward rotation (1.8°) of the palatal plane than did the control group. This change was associated with a clinically significant reduction in the palatal plane/mandibular plane angle (−2.5°) in the Q-H/C group. The upper lip showed significant retraction relative to the E-plane in the treated group (3.6 mm) compared with the controls. Conclusions: The Q-H/C appliance was effective in correcting dental open bite in 85% of the growing subjects with thumb-sucking habits and dentoskeletal open bites. Correction of anterior open bite was associated with a clinically significant improvement in maxillomandibular vertical skeletal relationships.


2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leite Cavalcanti ◽  
Medeiros Bezerra ◽  
Cristiano Moura ◽  
Medeiros Bezerra ◽  
Flávia Granville-Gracia

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-282
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kruty ◽  
Antonina Minenok ◽  
Iryna Morozova ◽  
Tetiana-Yelyzaveta Tsapenko ◽  
Oleksandr Kozynets ◽  
...  

The article theoretically substantiates and experimentally verifies the validity of the developed diagnostics by the method of contrast groups. The relevance of such a study is determined by the lack of development of the problem of diagnosing grammatical aspects of speech in preschool age for Slavic (inflected by nature) languages. It is proved that for a preschool child in the first stages there is no speech activity separately from the subject, so the object of its orientation is not speech activity, but a single semantic whole, an event that is presented in a sentence (sometimes a phrase, discourse). In the following stages, the child's attitude to speech reality changes. This reality is already special, different from the subject. For all stages of speech and speech development of the child is typical limited and unstable nature of orientation to certain aspects of linguistic reality, when the pre-schooler focuses on either the semantic or formal side of speech. At the end of the senior preschool age, gender differences in children's use of adjectives are the most significant. The reason for the active use in speech of adjectives by girls we see both in the psychological characteristics and gender guidelines of adults around them (active use of nouns and adjectives with hypocritical-diminutive suffixes).


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