Journal article
Feeding, Artificial Sucking Habits, and Malocclusions in 3-year-old Girls in Different Regions of the World
Journal of dentistry for children, Vol.72(1), pp.25-30
01/01/2005
PMID: 16119072
Abstract
Purpose: The way babies and young children are reared is important to their health and development. Extensive breast-feeding has also been shown to reduce the development of artificial sucking habits like digit or pacifier-sucking. The aim of this study was to determine feeding methods, artificial sucking habits, and the presence of malocclusions in 3-year-old girls living in different regions of the world.
Methods: Children from the following countries were involved in the present study: (1) Brazil (Porto Alegre); (2) Japan (Niigata); (3) Mexico (Mexico City); (4) Norway (Oslo); (5) Sweden (Falkoping); (6) Turkey (Istanbul); (7) and the United States (Iowa City, Iowa). During the interview and examination, the following variables were evaluated and registered: (1) breastfeeding and bottle-feeding; (2) duration and frequency; (3) sucking habits; (4) posterior and anterior crossbites; and (5) other malocclusions/normal occlusion.
Results: The prevalence of breast-feeding was very high in all groups, ranging between 78% and 98%. The prevalence of bottle-feeding in the different areas was also high. Except for Iowa City, the prevalence of digit-sucking was relatively low. Pacifier-sucking is fairly popular in most areas, with the exception of Niigata. The prevalence of normal occlusion in different cities ranged from 38% to 98%.
Conclusions: There are considerable differences in feeding, as well as artificial sucking habits, in different areas of the world and at different periods.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Feeding, Artificial Sucking Habits, and Malocclusions in 3-year-old Girls in Different Regions of the World
- Creators
- Esber Caglar - Yeditepe UniversityErik Larsson - Orthodont Clin, Falkoping, SwedenEls Marie Andersson - University of OsloMariann S. Hauge - University of OsloBjorn Ogaard - University of OsloSamir Bishara - Univ Iowa, Dept Orthodont, Iowa City, IA USAJohn Warren - University of IowaTadashi Noda - Niigata UniversityGabriel Schmidt Dolci - Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Orthodont, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dentistry for children, Vol.72(1), pp.25-30
- Publisher
- AMER SOC DENTISTRY CHILD
- PMID
- 16119072
- ISSN
- 0022-0353
- eISSN
- 1935-5068
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984367749302771
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