Evaluation of Factors Related to Mouth Breathing Syndrome in Children

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting mouth breathing syndrome in children and to evaluate the relationship between these factors.
 Materials and Methods: In this study, 120 healthy children aged 6-14 years who applied to Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics between October 2019 and April 2020, with 60 mouth breathing and 60 nasal breathing. Individuals who agreed to participate in the study were provided with a complete answer to the questionnaire which consist of 20 questions, divided into 4 factors, and their dmf and DMF values were recorded by performing an intraoral examination. Student's t test, Mann Whitney U test and Shapiro Wilks test were used for analyzes
 Results: The dmf values of children with mouth breathing were significantly higher than those with nasal breathing (p