Effectiveness of an intervention in children between 5 and 11 years old with deforming oral habits

Clotilde de la C Mora Pérez

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos

Ivette Alvarez Mora

Clínica estomatológica especialidades Cienfuegos

Arisvel Blanco Hernández

Clínica estomatológica especialidades Cienfuegos

Yania Espino Sosa

Policlínica Área I, Cienfuegos

Amerelis Morera Pérez

Clínica estomatológica especialidades Cienfuegos

Alba Macías Macías

Policlínica Cumanayagua Cienfuegos

Introduction: The who states “that deforming oral habits are a frequent health problem in children.”   Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention carried out in schoolchildren of 5-11 years of age with deforming oral habits in the municipalities of Cienfuegos, Cumanayagua, Abreu and Lajas, Cuba.   Methods: Quasi-experimental study with before and after intervention in a child population between 5 and 11 years old, in the period between January 2013 and September 2015. The different types of habits and anomalies present in each child were identified; the Para Sonreír Feliz program was applied weekly. A knowledge survey was applied to children, parents and educators, before and after taking educational, preventive and therapeutic actions.   Results: 64.06 % of the deforming habits were eradicated (the most frequent being protractile tongue, baby bottle sucking, and nail biting), and there was a reduction in dentomaxillofacial anomalies. The level of knowledge of children, parents and educators increased at the end of the intervention.   Conclusions: The intervention was effective in reducing deforming habits and dentomaxillofacial anomalies, as well as for the satisfactory results in the level of knowledge about this entity, a health problem that can be prevented early to improve harmony in the components of the stomatognathic apparatus.
Keywords: evaluation, efficacy-effectiveness of interventions, dental health education, lingual habits, malocclusion, child

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2017-06-13
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Effectiveness of an intervention in children between 5 and 11 years old with deforming oral habits. (2017). Revista Nacional De Odontología, 13(25). https://doi.org/10.16925/od.v13i25.1884
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