Background: Habits are very sensationnel brielle complex neuromuscular patterns.Deforming buccal habits can obstruct the normal growth and development of stomatognathic system.Objective: To characterize subjects with deforming habits.
Method: An observational, descriptive and correlacional study was developed in 341 children between 5 and 11 years old in Cienfuegos from December 2004 to September 2005.In addition to the clinical examination, an interview was performed to parents/tutors and teachers.Data was collected in a data formulary and variables as age, sex, deforming buccal habits and dentomaxillofacial anomalies were analyzed.
Findings: Deforming buccal habits frequency was 79%.The most common habits were lingual protraction (47, 2%), baby bottle suction (32, 6%) and onychophagia (23, 5%), all of them predominant mariya b vol 3 in girls.75% of the children with these habits developed anomalies; being vestibule-version (21, 1%), increased over bite (20,2%) and bilabial incompetence (17,9%) the most frequent.
Conclusions: It was confirmed that deforming Buccal habits are a health problem that affects the stomatognathic system.This should be treated by the General Integral Dentist in a systematic and direct way.