Influence of Breastfeeding and Deleterious Oral Habits in Malocclusions in Children

Abstract

Introduction: Malocclusion is a pathology which has caused by multifactorial factores, being related to a lot of factors, as breastfeeding and deleterious oral habits. Objectives: The objective of this work was to verify the prevalence and association between time and type of breastfeeding with the installation of deleterious oral habits and consequential malocclusions. Materials and Methods: This is a transversal-type, observational, descriptive study, which evaluated 297 children, aged from three to five years, enrolled in municipal kindergartens. The first phase was carried out with a form directed to parents and guardians and collected information on the lactation period, presence of deleterious oral habits (DOH) and socioeconomic data. The second step consisted of the clinical occlusal examination of children whose parents or guardian had signed the Informed Consent Form and that were within the inclusion criteria of the survey. The data analysis was conducted at a level of significance of 5% through the tests χ2 and odds ratio, the OddsRatio were determined by formula OR = ad/bc, both processed in the software SPSS version 14.0. Results: Deleterious oral habits had a prevalence of 96.6% in the sample, the average time of exclusive breastfeeding was 4.57 months. The habit of highest incidence was the bottle suction, present in 69% of children, but the pacifier was the main responsible for developing malocclusions. Conclusion:The obtained data allow concluding that the breastfeeding time influenced directly the presence of deleterious oral habits and malocclusions in the primary dentition, and that digital sucking habits, pacifier sucking and baby's bottle are associated with malocclusions in the studied population.

Influence of Nonnutritive Sucking Habits on the Oral Carriage of Escherichia coli

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“…In many countries, nonnutritive sucking habit (NNSH) is a popular norm in infancy and early childhood; however, it is considered abnormal over 3 years of age [ 2 , 5 ]. While thumb and digit sucking are performed by some children to comfort themselves [ 1 ], others soothe and satisfy their unending need to suck by using a dummy (pacifier), which is a plastic, silicon, or rubber teat-like object usually given to infants and toddlers [ 6 ]. Although NNSH may provide some beneficial effects, it has more adverse outcomes than positive ones.…”

Hábitos Orais Deletérios E Implicações No Desenvolvimento De Crianças De 0-6 Anos: Uma Revisão De Escopo

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“…Dentre determinadas revisões presentes, elas são do tipo integrativa ou sistemática, tratando o assunto sem pormenorizar o escopo de outras fontes, como literatura cinzenta, não relacionando fatores etiológicos, ações educativas e outras terapias existentes [13][14][15][16] .…”

“…Trata-se de revisão de escopo que visa sintetizar evidências e avaliar o escopo do entendimento gerado sobre um determinado assunto17 . O estudo teve como base as recomendações do Instituto Joanna Briggs15 , tendo seguido as etapas: (1) realização da questão de pesquisa e definição das palavras-chave; (2) identificação dos estudos importantes; (3) seleção dos documentos, com base na leitura dos títulos e resumos, continuando os critérios de inclusão e exclusão; (4) leitura na íntegra e categorização dos registros incluídos; (5) sumarização e análise dos encontrados; e(6) apresentação dos principais resultados18 . Para realização da síntese de revisão foram seguidas as orientações do checklist PRISMA-ScR (PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews)17 .…”