Sucking habits and anterior open bite among Venezuelan and Brazilian children

Culturally different population groups have distinct infant feeding practices, which presumably may be related to diverse occlusal features in the primary dentition. Aim: To investigate the associations between nutritive and non-nutritive sucking habits and the prevalence of anterior open bite, in c...

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Main Authors: Andréia Carvalho Cardoso, Marisela González de Bello, Flávio Vellini-Ferreira, Rívea Inês Ferreira-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2010-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences
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Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8640891