Prevalence of Oral Habits among 6–12 Yrs Old Children of Bhubaneshwar, Odisha Panigrahi Antarmayee1,*, Mishra Uma Sankar2 1Reader, PhD Scholar, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences 2Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Antarmayee Panigrahi, Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India. Email: antarmayee.pani@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Knowledge and early diagnosis of deleterious oral habits allows dentists to intercept and reduce the long-term consequences. Aim The present study was done to assess the prevalence of oral habits in children aged 6–12 years in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha Materials and Method A descriptive cross-sectional was done on total of 850 children. A thorough history along with filled questionnaire Performa was obtained. Clinical evaluation was done to correlate presence and absence of oral habit. Obtained data was statistically analyzed. Results Overall prevalence of oral habits was found to be 24.8%. Prevalence of oral habit was observed to be statistically significant regarding age and gender. Conclusion Persistence of oral habits beyond normal age needs to identify and intervened to avoid occurrence of disharmonious maxilla-mandibular relationship and development of dental malocclusion. Top Keywords Oral habits, mixed dentition, prevalence. Top |