Non-nutritive sucking habits, anterior open bite and associated factors in Brazilian children aged 30-59 months

Vasconcelos, Flávia Maria Nassar de; Massoni, Andreza Cristina de Lima Targino; Heimer, Mônica Vilela; Ferreira, Ângela Maria Brito; Katz, Cíntia Regina Tornisiello; Rosenblatt, Aronita

doi:10.1590/s0103-64402011000200009

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“…Another Brazilian study reports a 69.9% prevalence rate of malocclusion in the anterior region, using a cutoff point of > 2 mm for determining increased overjet. 1 Since young children may exhibit nonnutritive sucking habits, 24 it is important to stress than the mean age of the children in the present study was 4.25 (SD = 0.83) years, whereas mean age in the study by Kramer et al 1 was 3.5 (SD = 1.0) years. This result may show that the damage caused by nonnutritive sucking habits can be corrected spontaneously after cessation of these habits.…”

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Association between anterior open bite and impact on quality of life of preschool children

Ramos‐Jorge

Motta²,

Marques

et al. 2015

Braz. oral res.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between different types of malocclusion and the impact on quality of life among preschoolers and their families. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 451 children 3-5 years of age. A clinical exam was performed to evaluate the malocclusions according to criteria proposed by Foster and Hamilton. This examination was conducted by a calibrated dentist. Parents/caregivers answered the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) for the assessment of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and the questionnaire on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics, chi-square, Mann-Whitney and hierarchically adjusted Poisson regression. The prevalence of malocclusion was 28.4%. The most frequent conditions were posterior crossbite (20.4%), anterior open bite (9.5%) and increased overjet (8.4%). A significant association was found between anterior open bite and OHRQoL (p < 0.001). The adjusted analysis confirmed the association between anterior open bite and a negative impact on quality of life (PR = 2.55; 95%CI: 1.87 to 3.47; p < 0.001). Anterior open bite was associated with a negative impact on the quality of life of preschoolers.

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Association between anterior open bite and impact on quality of life of preschool children

Ramos‐Jorge

Motta²,

Marques

et al. 2015

Braz. oral res.

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“…20 Age was the only variable associated with malocclusion, in agreement with findings reported in the literature. 3,4,9,25 The greater prevalence of malocclusion at younger ages suggests self-correction over time. 3,4 However, these findings should be viewed with some latitude, seeing that any type of occlusal abnormality was considered malocclusion; this could also be considered a limitation to the present study.…”

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“…6,25 Whereas a number of authors argue that children with greater purchasing power and those whose mothers have a lower schooling level are more likely to develop malocclusion due to greater access to and frequency of pacifier use, 29,30 no significant associations were found in the present study between socioeconomic indicators and malocclusion, in agreement with findings reported in previous studies. 6,9 It seems that another factor unassociated to social class has occurred, namely the greater participation of women in the workforce, with a consequent reduction in breastfeeding and greater susceptibility to the adoption of nonnutritive sucking habits. 7,25 Moreover, genetic and environmental factors can affect children 6 regardless of social class.…”

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Malocclusion and socioeconomic indicators in primary dentition

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The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of malocclusion and associations with socioeconomic indicators among preschoolers. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 732 children 3 to 5 years of age in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil. Three dentists underwent a calibration exercise (K = 0.85-0.90) and diagnosed malocclusion based on the criteria proposed by Foster & Hamilton and Grabowski et al. Parents/guardians answered a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic aspects. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and bivariate Poisson regression (PR; α = 5%). The prevalence of malocclusion was 62.4%. The most frequent types were increased overjet (42.6%), anterior open bite (21%) and deep overbite (19.3%). An association was found between malocclusion and age: the prevalence of malocclusion was greater among younger children, with the highest prevalence among 3-year-olds (PR = 1.116; 95%CI = 1.049-1.187). The prevalence of malocclusion was high. Mother's schooling and household income were not associated with malocclusion. Socioeconomic factors were also not associated with the occurrence of malocclusion.

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“…For this reason, it is expected that, at 3 years of age, the child is able to give up sucking habits 15 , thus reducing the risk of malocclusion 19 .…”

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Evaluation of a preventive educational program for malocclusions: 7-year study

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This study aimed at evaluating the Protocol for the Prevention of Malocclusions (PPM), established in the preventive educational program developed by the Public Infant Oral Health Program of the State University of Londrina (PIOHP-UEL). Guardians of three-year-olds or older, maintaining nutritive (bottle) and/or non-nutritive (pacifier and finger) sucking habits, attended meetings designed to alert and guide them to eliminating these habits from their children. PPM patient records (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) were assessed and the data were described and evaluated by the Chi-square test, with a 5% significance level. Results: 506 of the 802 guardians/children referred to the PPM joined. As for the children, the most frequently assessed habits were: bottle (56.1%), bottle and pacifier (18.4%), finger (11.9%), bottle and finger (7.1%), pacifier (5.7%), pacifier and finger (0.6%), and bottle/pacifier/finger (0.2%). After parent participation in the meetings, 335 (66.2%) children abandoned their habits. There was a statistical difference between type of oral habit and time to abandonment (p = 0.0001). However, those with only one habit abandoned it more easily (72.6%) than those with two or more associated habits (48.1%) (p = 0.042). Presence or absence of breastfeeding and parents' level of education had no significant effect on habit abandonment. Conclusion: PPM was an important tool for spreading knowledge to guardians, greatly contributing to the abandonment of deleterious oral habits. Bottle sucking warrants special attention -mentioned by 81.8% of parents -either alone or associated with other habits. Thus, educational actions to implement the children's approach to oral health are fundamental to making behavioral changes and promoting education of healthy habits, thereby keeping malocclusions from developing.

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Non-nutritive sucking habits, anterior open bite and associated factors in Brazilian children aged 30-59 months

Cited by 55 publications

References 8 publications

Association between anterior open bite and impact on quality of life of preschool children

Association between anterior open bite and impact on quality of life of preschool children

Malocclusion and socioeconomic indicators in primary dentition

Evaluation of a preventive educational program for malocclusions: 7-year study

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