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Prevalence of malocclusion in early childhood and its associated factors in a primary care service in Brazil.
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- Investigating the relationships among age, occlusal traits, and malocclusion severity in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Pacifier Use and Its Influence on Pediatric Malocclusion: A Scoping Review of Emerging Evidence and Developmental Impacts.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- The Effect of Childhood Experiences, Picky Eating, and Hedonic Hunger on Eating Addiction in University Students: Analyzed by Machine Learning Approach.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of malocclusion among students in special needs schools in Amhara region, Ethiopia.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Severe malocclusion and oral health-related quality of life in adolescents aged 12-15 years.Dental press journal of orthodontics · 2025Article
- Investigation of Malocclusion and Associated Factors in Preschoolers: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Insights into Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing: Exploring Risk Factors, Surgical Interventions, and Physical and Scholastic Performance at Follow-Up.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Co-Sleeping as a Protector against Malocclusion in the Primary Dentition: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeto evaluate the prevalence of malocclusion and its associated factors of children cared for by a PHC Service in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
methodsa cross-sectional study nested in a cohort, carried out in 12 Health Care Practices. Of the 414 children in the cohort examined, 268 were assessed for malocclusion. The presence of anterior open bite, posterior and anterior crossbite was evaluated by the criteria of Foster and Hamilton. Socioeconomic variables, breastfeeding habits and pacifier use information were collected through a standardized questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using a hierarchical approach by Poisson Regression with robust variance.
resultsout of the total 268 evaluated, 135 (50.4%) were boys, and the average age was 28.6 (± 11.9) months. Out of the 143 (53.4%) cases of malocclusion, 113 were anterior open bite, 16 were anterior crossbite, 27 were posterior crossbite, and 38 had increased overjet. In the final analysis, it was observed that there was a higher prevalence of malocclusion in children who never breastfed (PR = 1.44; 95%CI 1.00-2.08) and who always used a pacifier to sleep (PR = 1.81; 95%CI 1.14-2.86).
conclusionthe prevalence of malocclusion in this population was high and was associated with behavioral habits, such as the use of pacifier and not breastfeeding.
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