| Abstract | OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed at verifying the prevalence of nutritive (breast-feeding and bottle-feeding) and non-nutritive sucking habits and the presence of malocclusion in Brazilian preschool children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional oral health survey of 342 children (196 boys and 146 girls) between the ages of 3 and 5 in Campina Grande, Brazil. The data was collected by interviews with the children's mothers or minders and by clinical examinations carried out by a calibrated examiner (kappa = 0,86). Descriptive statistics using the EPI-INFO Program (version 3.3) and Chi-square test at 0.05 probability level were produced. RESULTS: Sucking habit prevalence was very high in all groups, ranging from 70 % to 77,4 %. Malocclusion was present in 87 %, dummy use in 84,8 % and finger-sucking in 7,2 %. About 84,2 % of the children had a history of bottle-feeding and 79,9 % showed some evidence of malocclusion at the time of dental examination. There were significant differences for the following variables: sucking habits and malocclusion; breast-feeding time and sucking habits; breast-feeding time and malocclusion; type of feeding and sucking habits; and type of feeding and malocclusion. CONCLUSION: Dummy-sucking incidence was higher than that of finger-sucking in Brazilian children. Sucking habit incidence was higher in bottle-fed children than in breast-fed children. The relationship between incidence of habits and malocclusion was statistically significant. |
| Authors | Alessandro Leite-Cavalcanti, Priscila K Medeiros-Bezerra, Cristiano Moura
(Affiliation: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Paraíba, Brasil. dralessandro at ibest.com.br)
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| Journal | Revista de salud pública (Bogotá, Colombia)
(Rev Salud Publica (Bogota))
2007 Apr-Jun
Vol. 9
Issue 2
Pg. 194-204
ISSN: 0124-0064 Colombia |
| Vernacular Title | Aleitamento Natural, Aleitamento Artificial, Hábitos de Sucção e Maloclusões em Pré-escolares Brasileiros. |
| PMID | 17962838
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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| Topics |
- Bottle Feeding
(statistics & numerical data)
- Brazil
(epidemiology)
- Breast Feeding
(statistics & numerical data)
- Child, Preschool
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Malocclusion
(epidemiology)
- Sucking Behavior
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