Effects of breastfeeding and sucking habits on malocclusion in a birth cohort study Efeitos da amamentação e dos hábitos de sucção sobre as oclusopatias num estudo de coorte

Effects of breastfeeding and sucking habits on malocclusion in a birth cohort study Efeitos da amamentação e dos hábitos de sucção sobre as oclusopatias num estudo de coorte

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of malocclusion and to examine the effects of breastfeeding and non-nutritive sucking habits on dentition in six-year-old children. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out nested into a birth cohort conducted in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 1999. A samp...

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Main Authors: Karen Glazer Peres, Aluísio J D Barros, Marco Aurélio Peres, César Gomes Victora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-06-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Criança
Mordida aberta
Mordida cruzada
Maloclusão
Aleitamento materno
Comportamento de sucção
Sucção de dedo
Estudos transversais
Child
Open bite
Cross bite
Malocclusion
Breast feeding
Sucking behavior
Fingersucking
Cross-sectional studies
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