Prevalence of thumb sucking in children of Calcutta.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent
;
1992 Mar; 10(1): 33-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-114845
ABSTRACT
The prevalence study of thumb digital sucking carried out on 3-12-year- old 2517 children, 1293 boys & 1224 girls, with different socio-economic status, belonging to villages, suburbs and city areas of Calcutta revealed that non-nutritional sucking habit was predominantly seen in cities, and bottle feeding was found to be the main cause of this habit; in 3-6-year-old children the prevalence of the habit was more in boys than girls but it persisted more in boys with increase in age.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Urban Population
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Bottle Feeding
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Sex Factors
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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