Abstract

CEPERO SANCHEZ, Zunay de Jesús; HIDALGO-GATO FUENTES, Iliana; DUQUE DE ESTRADA RIVERON, Johany  and  PEREZ QUINONES, José Alberto. Educative intervention in children aged 5-6 with deforming oral habits. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2007, vol.44, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

As malocclusions are a health problem in the population and as there is a close relationship between them and the persistence of deforming oral habits, an educative intervention was carried out in children aged 5-6 affected by them. A longitudinal, prospective and descriptive study was undertaken in a primary school of the health area of Santa Martha, Varadero municipality, province of Matanzas, during the academic course 2005-2006. The study group was composed of 120 children of kindergarten and first grade. A sample of 87 school children with oral deforming habits was obtained. The use of nursing bottle prevailed in children at these ages (65.6 %) compared with the rest of the studied habits. It was observed a reduction of these habits at the end of the intervention.

Keywords : Malocclusions; deforming oral habits; prevention.

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