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

Brazilian Dental Journal

Flávia Maria Nassar De Vasconcelos¹  Andreza Cristina De Lima Targino Massoni¹  Mônica Vilela Heimer¹  Angela Maria Brito Ferreira¹  Cíntia Regina Tornisiello Katz¹  Aronita Rosenblatt¹ 

[1] ,University of Pernambuco Dental School Department of Preventive and Community DentistryCamaragibe PE ,Brazil

关键词: epidemiology;    habits;    prevalence;    child;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-64402011000200009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits and anterior open bite as well as their main causes (associated factors) in Brazilian children aged 30-59 months. A cross-sectional study was carried out during the National Immunization Day for polio in the city of Recife in the northeastern region of Brazil. The sample was made up of 1,308 children. Data were collected from interviews with mothers or guardians as well as from clinical examinations carried out by previously trained dental students. The chi-square test was used for statistical analysis at 5% significance level. The prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits was 40%, and the habits were associated with gender (p=0.001), age (p=0.003) and feeding type (p<0.001). Anterior open bite was detected in 30.4% of children, and it was significantly associated with feeding type (p<0.001) and non-nutritive sucking habits (p<0.001). The variables found to be associated factors in the present study for the occurrence of non-nutritive sucking habits and anterior open bite emphasize the need to establish strategies that include orientation regarding health promotion based on the "common determining factors" approach. Public health policies should be adopted to encourage a longer duration of breastfeeding, thereby contributing towards reducing the prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits and anterior open bite.

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