Background and Aim: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) can be associated with pain in other areas such as the neck. Multiple causes have been suggested for TMDs; parafunctional habits such as bruxism and clenching are among the most commonly suggested etiologies. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the amendment of oral parafunctional habits in the improvement of TMDs and neck pain. M...

The relationship between the hygienic habits of children who had typhoid fever (TF) who had recently begun attending school and their family group, is assessed. It is supposed that children, independently of their SES, acquired TF because of inadequate habits which facilitated the oral-fecal cycle. The sample was formed of 40 child-mother dyads: 20 of low SES (group A) and 20 of high SES (group...

AIM Oral habits that are prevalent well beyond the normal age frequently result in facial deformity and malocclusions. The aim of the present study was to know the prevalence of oral habits in 11 to 13 years old children of Jaipur city. METHODOLOGY The study included 1,000 children of age 11 to 13 years, belonging to different government and private schools of Jaipur city who were screened fo...

BACKGROUND This study was taken to assess the prevalence of deleterious oral habits among 6-12 year old school going children. MATERIALS & METHODS A sample size of 832 children was finalized with simple random sampling technique including 444 males and 388 females. To get the demographic information and presence of harmful oral habits a closed-ended questionnaire was developed. Clinical evalu...

Oral habits have occupied the attention of psychologists, psychiatrists, and dentists for more than 100 years. Unfortunately, little knowledge of etiology is based on sound scientific data. Wolfenstein (1953) has reviewed and charted the course of advice given in the editions of the bulletin Infant Care which have appeared regularly since the first edition in 1914. She has charted how child hea...

BACKGROUND Caregivers' oral health literacy (OHL) assessment results have been found to be related to their children's oral health status. A further aspect of this relationship may be the role of caregivers' reading habits. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to describe the relationship between caregivers' multimodal (digital and print) and multilingual (English and Chinese) reading habits, their OHL, an...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Deleterious oral habits represent a serious public health issue. The information available about this problem in children with hearing impairment is insufficient. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of deleterious oral habits among children with hearing impairment and comparing results against children without hearing impairment. METHOD This epidemi...

Maxillary occlusal radiographs of 233 children between 42 and 60 months old were examined for the presence or absence of atypical root resorption (ARR). In addition, the dental records of these children were examined to determine if an association existed between ARR, oral habits, documented trauma and overjet. Thirty-three (14.2%) of the patients had radiographic evidence of ARR of either maxi...