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Published in English in Tropical Dental Journal Volume 40 - June 2017  pages 29-37

Docteur Elfleda A. Aikins Prolonged indulgence in non-nutritive oral habits among 6-12-year-old schoolchildren in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NigeriaProlonged indulgence in non-nutritive oral habits among 6-12-year-old schoolchildren in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria est évalué 1 étoiles par les abonnés Tropical Dental Journal Online

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Authors : E.A. Aikins, C.O Onyeaso - Nigeria


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Contexte : Les habitudes orales telles que sucer ses doigts sont connus pour avoir des effets délétères sur l’occlusion, provoquant des changements physiologiques, fonctionnels et esthétiques si celles-ci sont continuées après l'éruption des dents définitives. Par conséquent, ces habitudes sont déconseillées par l'orthodontiste comme mesure préventive.
Objectifs : L’objectif de cette étude était de déterminer la prévalence des mauvaises habitudes orales non-alimentaires chez des écoliers de 6 à 12 ans dans une école à Port Harcourt (Nigéria).
Matériels et méthodes : Les données ont été recueillies à l’aide d’un questionnaire pré-testé distribué aux parents/enseignants de chaque enfant de l’école primaire et directement aux enfants du niveau collège qui avaient accepté de participer.
Résultats : La population étudiée s'est composée de 152 (50,7%) filles et 148 (49,3%) garçons. Un total de 220 élèves (73,3%) a admis avoir des habitudes orales soit 116 filles (52,7%) et 104 (47,3%) garçons. Toutes les habitudes orales avaient tendance à diminuer avec l’âge, hormis se ronger les ongles, qui était l’habitude la plus largement présente (47,3%). Sucer son pouce (15,9%) était plus répandu que sucer ses doigts (7,3%) et était plus observé chez les plus jeunes enfants. Plus de filles que de garçons avaient une habitude de succion (12,5%) et de mâcher du chewing-gum (11,8%).
Conclusion : L’habitude orale la plus fréquente dans cette population était de se ronger les ongles, cette habitude était observée principalement parmi les enfants âgés de 12 ans. Les garçons avaient l'habitude de sucer leurs doigts, les lèvres, mordre leur joue, pousser leur langue, grincer des dents et mordre des objets, et cela plus que les filles. Tandis que la succion du pouce et de la langue était une habitude plutôt des filles.

Abstract
Prolonged indulgence in non-nutritive oral habits among 6-12-year-old schoolchildren in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Background: Non-nutritive oral habits such as digit sucking are known to have deleterious effects on the occlusion causing physiological, functional and aesthetic changes if continued after the age when the permanent teeth begin to erupt. Therefore, such negative habits are discouraged by orthodontists as a preventive measure.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of prolonged indulgence in non-nutritive oral habits among 6-12-year-old schoolchildren in a school in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Materials and methods: Data was collected using a pre-tested questionnaire which was distributed to the parents/teacher of each Primary school child and directly to Junior High school children aged 6-12 years who agreed to participate.
Results: The studied population comprised 152 (50.7%) female and 148 (49.3%) male schoolchildren. A total of 220 (73.3%) schoolchildren admitted to indulging in oral habits comprising 116 (52.7%) females and 104 (47.3%) males. All oral habits were seen to reduce with age apart from nail biting which was the habit most widely indulged in 47.3%. Thumb sucking (15.9%) was more prevalent than finger sucking (7.3%) and observed more in the younger children. More females than males indulged in tongue sucking (12.5%) and chewing gum (11.8%).
Conclusion: The most prevalent oral habit in this population was nail biting which was seen predominantly among the 12-year-old children. Males were found to indulge in finger sucking, lip sucking, cheek biting, tongue thrusting, tooth grinding. and object biting more than females. Whereas thumb and tongue sucking was indulged in more by female participants.

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