Effect of oral bad habit breath through the mouth with face shape in children

Habit is a pattern of behavior that repeated; in the oral cavity also known as bad habit and naturally occurs at age less than six years. Oral cancontinue more years which can cause abnormalities dentofacial structure. This article discusses influence breathing through mouth on shape face children. With literature review design, articles were collected using Google Scholar, Pubmed ScienceDirectusing keywords habit, breathing, malocclusion. The selected are publications 2015-2022, research subjects children aged 6-12years, full-text available, written English Indonesian. It was concluded habits often occur even infants. habitsinclude thumb sucking, nail biting, lip tongue pushing, breath-ing. such have an theoccurrence malocclusion, especially who still growth development stage, namely elementary school