We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Association between Breast-feeding Duration and Posterior Crossbites.
- Authors
Bezerra Limeira, Adriana; Menezes Aguiar, Carlos; de Lima Bezerra, Niedje Siqueira; Cruz Câmara, Andréa
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between breast-feeding duration and the subsequent occurrence of posterior crossbite in Brazilian children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 714 six- to nine-year-old children. A questionnaire was completed by mothers or guardians of the children concerning the length of time they were exclusively breast-fed and the breast-feeding duration. A clinical examination of each child was conducted to detect posterior crossbite. Data were analyzed using Pearson's chi-square test at a five percent significance level. Results: There was a posterior crossbite prevalence of approximately 15 percent. There was no statistically significant association between posterior crossbite and age or gender (P>.05). The prevalence of posterior crossbite was higher among children who were not breast-fed (28 percent) than among breast-fed children (13 percent). There was a significant association between posterior crossbite and the length of time that children were exclusively breast-fed and the breast-feeding duration (P<.05 percent). Conclusion: The prevalence of posterior crossbite gradually decreased as exclusive breast-feeding duration increased, and there was a relationship between breast-feeding duration and the occurrence of posterior crossbite.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BREASTFEEDING; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); TIME; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Dentistry for Children, 2014, Vol 81, Issue 3, p122
- ISSN
1551-8949
- Publication type
Article