Dental Arch Width in Children and Relationship to their Oral Habits

Authors

  • Kohinur Akther Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Mirpur 14, Dhaka-1216
  • Md Zakir Hossain Professor and Head, Dept. of Orthdontics, Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Mirpur, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjodfo.v7i1.43688

Keywords:

Dental arch, Oral habits, Non nutritive sucking

Abstract

Aim: Objectives: To analyze variations in dental arch width in relation to oral habits.  

Materials and Methods : Cross sectional  study was carried out Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics of Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka with a total number of 600 primary school children of 3-6 years ages of Bangladeshi population.

Results: This study was a cross sectional study conducted among the 600 children with 3-6 years old prima- ry school children of Bangladeshi population. According to present study, bottle feeding causes significant reduction in maxillary intercanine width and mouth breathers show significant reduction of both arches.

Conclusion: It was observed that the children who had used a bottle had a significant reduction in maxillary intercanine width. Breathing through mouth appeared to be associated with a reduction in the size of both arches. This was more significant in the maxillary intercanine , mandibular  intercanine and mandibular molar widths. Therefore to prevent malocclusions, the public should be informed of the harm caused by certain oral habits, the benefits of breast-feeding, and the need to correct bad habits at early life.

Ban J Orthod & Dentofac Orthop, April 2016; Vol-7 (1-2), P.6-11

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Published

2019-10-23

How to Cite

Akther, K., & Hossain, M. Z. (2019). Dental Arch Width in Children and Relationship to their Oral Habits. Bangladesh Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 7(1), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjodfo.v7i1.43688

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