INCIDENCE OF DIFFERENT DELETERIOUS ORAL HABITS IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN FROM DARBHANGA DISTRICT, BIHAR

Abstract

Oral habits ought to be of primary clinical concern to orthodontists as they may cause malocclusion and interfere with the treatment progress. Generally, habit control should be achieved earlier to correction of the malocclusion in an effort to eliminate any etiologic factors in development and maintenance of the malocclusion. It is well important for the clinician to understand that habit breaking treatment may need prolonged treatment time because habits may have been present for long periods of time and may be associated with underlying psychological problems. Hence based on above importance the present study was planned to evaluate incidence of different deleterious oral habits in school going children from Darbhanga District, Bihar.

The present study was planned in the Department of Dentistry, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital Laheriasarai, Darbhanga Bihar. Total 50 school going children of the age 4 years to 10 years were enrolled in the present study. Samples were selected from school; simple randomized sampling technique was used. Children with orthodontic appliances, systemic disease were excluded from the study. A closed ended questionnaire was provided to children involved in survey to obtain details like age, sex, presence of habits, its duration and frequency. A detailed history was obtained from parents regarding the habit and its intensity.

The data generated from the present study concludes that all habits did not show statistically significant relationship, except tongue thrusting which showed statistically significant relationship and more prevalent in rural areas.

Keywords: Deleterious Oral Habits, School childrens, Bihar.