Prevalence of pacifier-sucking habits and successful methods to eliminate them--a preliminary study.
J Dent Child (Chic)
; 71(2): 148-51, 2004.
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| ID: mdl-15587099
PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to verify the prevalence of nutritive (breast-feeding and bottle-feeding) and non-nutritive (pacifier) sucking habits, the methods used to eliminate them, and success of these methods. METHODS: To collect the data, 502 questionnaires were distributed to parents of 0- to 6-year-old children. RESULTS: Bottle-feeding was used by 83% and pacifier by 63% of children. The professional's explanation, the use of substances on the pacifier, the abrupt interruption of the habit, and parents' explanations were efficient in 90%, 80%, 64%, and 38% of the cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Sucking habits had a high prevalence in this sample. An indirect linear relationship between breast-feeding and pacifier use demonstrated that the more the child was breast-fed, the less the pacifier was used. The most efficient method to end the pacifier-sucking habit was professional explanation; however, it was used less often.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento de Sucção
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Chupetas
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Dent Child (Chic)
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos