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Aim: To evaluate and compare the body mass index (BMI) of school-going children with bruxism and without bruxism of age between 6 and 12 years. Settings and Design: To find the correlation between BMI and oral habit bruxism among school children and compare with those children without bruxism. Materials and Methods: A total of 6122 children were screened from 28 government and 12 private schools, in which 1854 (30.28%) had various types of oral habits. Among this 280 children had the stressful habit bruxism. The BMI of those children was calculated by measuring the height and weight. The values were compared with the BMI of same number of students of same age group, who does not have any oral habits, with the WHO standard. The values were calculated and tabulated for the statistical analysis, using the SPSS software version 19 (IBM company) with the P < 0.05 as statistically significant. Results: Its shows that children with bruxism has high BMI range, was in the order of overweight > Normal > Underweight, but the BMI of children without any habit was in the order of normal > Underweight > Overweight. On comparison, it was statistically significant. Conclusion: The habit bruxism had a positive correlation with the BMI of children. The children are more stressed from both indoor and outdoor. Hence, kindly educate all the parents, teachers, and public to identify the cause for the habit, because each oral habit is strongly deep rooted with some emotional and/or psychological problem and to make the children stress free in future.
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Se efectuó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 122 niños del Círculo Infantil Espiguita, pertenecientes al área de salud del Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso de Santiago de Cuba, desde febrero hasta marzo de 2017, con vistas a mostrar detalles clínicos de la oclusión dentaria en estos menores, según variables seleccionadas. A los afectados se les realizó el examen clínico bucal y facial; además, se confeccionó la historia clínica individual y se utilizó el porcentaje como medida de resumen. En la serie predominaron los niños de 4 años de edad, el sexo femenino y las maloclusiones; en tanto, la succión digital y la disfunción lingual fueron los hábitos fundamentales. Asimismo, se obtuvo una primacía de la mordida abierta como característica de la maloclusión
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 122 children of Espiguita Day-Care Center belonging to the health area of Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital was carried out from February to March, 2017 in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at showing clinical details of dental occlusion in these children, according to selected variables. The oral and facial clinical examination was carried out to those affected minors; also, the individual medical record was made and the percentage as summary measure was used. In the series there was a prevalence of 4 years children, female sex and malocclusions; as long as, the digital suction and the lingual dysfunction were the fundamental habits. Also, a primacy of the open bite was obtained as characteristic of malocclusion
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Pediatric Dentistry , Dental Occlusion , Diagnosis, Oral , Malocclusion/diagnosis , Tongue Habits , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Cross-Sectional Studies , FingersuckingABSTRACT
Oral habit is a part of normal development in children and is a prime concern for parents. It is a learned pattern of muscle contraction with complex nature, which is a repetitive act, commonly seen from infancy and should diminish automatically as age advances. These habits can result in damage to dentoalveolar structure. Therefore, dentists play a crucial role in giving necessary information to parents.
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This study was conducted to determine the proportion and factors associated with periodontal disease among younger adult attended Al Fatah Dental Faculty in Libya. A cross sectional study with universal sampling methods was carried out from July 2010 until September 2010 among 70 Libyan subjects aged between 20-35 years. The data in this study was collected using self administrated questionnaire, followed by oral examination done by trained dentists. The results of this study showed that, the prevalence of periodontal disease in Libyan subjects was 75.7%. Gender, oral care habits, smoking were found significantly associated with presence of periodontal disease. Gingivitis has been found the most common types of periodontal disease (94%). High percentage of periodontal disease in this study was among men (87.9%) compared to women (69.9%). In conclusion, modifiable factors like changing lifestyle such as avoiding smoking and practicing oral care can be promoted to prevent periodontitis