Effect of breast and bottle feeding on the maxillary intercanine width in a group of Egyptian children

ABSTRACT

360 nursery child aged 3-4 years - 175 males [70 breast fed and 105bottle fed] and 185 females [66 breast fed and 199 bottle fed]. Maxillary intercanine width was measured and the data was analyized according to sex and feeding pattern. The result indicated that there is no significant difference in relation sex. But there is a statistical significant difference the maxillary intercanine arch width in relation to feeding pattern