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- Title
Influencia de la lactancia materna en la aparición de hábitos parafuncionales y maloclusiones. Estudio transversal.
- Authors
Morales-Chávez, Mariana Carolina; Stabile-Del Vechio, Rosa M.
- Abstract
Background: Breastfeeding is the best option for infants. It promotes an adequate growth and development of the craniofacial structures as breastfeeding stimulates the orofacial musculature and therefore the functional development of the stomatognathic system. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. 195 clinical histories of patients with ages between 3 and 16 years attending the postdoctoral pediatric dentistry clinic of the dental School at the University of Santa Maria, Caracas Venezuela, were evaluated. Time data associated with breastfeeding, presence of parafunctional habits, and malocclusions were collected. Results: 29.7% of the children were breastfed <5 months, 62.1% >6 months, and 8.2% were not breastfed. 84.1% had par afunctional habits and 4 1% had som e type of malocclusion. When applying the Chi-square test for each variable, a statistically significant relationship between <5-month breastfeeding and parafunctional habits (p=0.001) was found. However, there was not a statistically significant relationship between the length of breastfeeding and the occurrence of malocclusions (p=0.012). Conclusions: The results indicate the existence of a relationship between a period of <5 months of breastfeeding and the development of parafunctional habits, having the greater risk children who do not receive nursing or did for a short period. However, no significant relationship between breastfeeding and the occurr ence of malocclusions was shown.
- Publication
Universitas Odontológica, 2014, Vol 33, Issue 71, p167
- ISSN
0120-4319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11144/Javeriana.uo33-71.ilma