Frecuencia de maloclusiones y su relación con hábitos parafuncionales en niños de Chihuahua, México

Authors

  • José Francisco Murrieta Pruneda Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Paola Grisel Hernández Castillo Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
  • Citlali Espinosa Garate Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza UNAM
  • María Lilia Adriana Juárez López Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza UNAM
  • Julieta del Carmen Meza Sánchez Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22370/asd.2022.3.3.3389

Abstract

Aim: To assessment relationship between parafunctional habits frequency with dental malocclusions in patients between 8 and 12 years-old treated at the pediatric dentistry clinic of UACH School of Dentistry. Material and methods. A descriptive, cross-sectional retrolective study was carried out, taking as a study sample 1050 clinical files of patients between 8 and 12 years of age, both sexes, treated at the pediatric dentistry clinic of the Faculty of Dentistry of the UACH from 2016 to 2019. Information related to the diagnosis of malocclusions, parafunctional habits, as well as age and sex were considered. Results. Class I malocclusion occurred more frequently (67%), in terms of parafunctional habits, 40.8% presented onychophagia and 21.8% lip sucking, both were the most frequent. Regarding the presence of malocclusions by age, there was a statistically significant association (X2=3.109; p=0.024), but not with sex (X2MH=0.985; p=0.910). Conclusions. No was relationship between dental malocclusions and parafunctional habits frequency, as well with age and the presence of malocclusions and the year of registration. 

Author Biography

José Francisco Murrieta Pruneda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Profesor de Carrera de la División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Facultad de estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Published

2022-12-31

How to Cite

Murrieta Pruneda, J. F., Hernández Castillo, P. G., Espinosa Garate , . C., Juárez López, M. L. A., & Meza Sánchez, J. del C. . (2022). Frecuencia de maloclusiones y su relación con hábitos parafuncionales en niños de Chihuahua, México. Applied Sciences in Dentistry, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.22370/asd.2022.3.3.3389

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