Abstract

SILVA CONTRERAS, Ania Mercedes et al. Education for Health in children with dental deforming habits. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp. 25-31. ISSN 1561-3194.

Dental deforming habits have the origin into the neuromuscular system. They constitute reflex patterns of a complex nature that are learned. Considering this; a descriptive, prospective and interventional study in children from 5 to 10 years old attending at Orthodontic Outpatient Desk in Consolación del Sur Municipality, during 2007 was conducted, aimed at assessing the importance of the education for health to parents of children with dental deforming habits. An intervention-educative strategy with the purpose of making the children to break the habit and its prevention was applied. The universe was comprised of 882 children and the sample 207, both sexes. To the statistical analysis of the qualitative data; percentage, rate hypothesis testing, and chi-square test when necessary were used, considering a significance level of 0,05. The most affected ages were 7 to 8 ages and female sex prevailed. After the application of the educative strategy, the majority of children showed a favorable recovery and parents expressed a satisfactory acquisition of knowledge about the topic.

Keywords : Habits; Children; Teeth.

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