Association between allergic rhinitis, bottle feeding, non-nutritive sucking habits, and malocclusion in the primary dentition

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood 2006-10, Vol.91 (10), p.836-840
• Main Authors: Vázquez-Nava, F, Quezada-Castillo, J A, Oviedo-Treviño, S, Saldivar-González, A H, Sánchez-Nuncio, H R, Beltrán-Guzmán, F J, Vázquez-Rodríguez, E M, Vázquez Rodríguez, C F
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Allergic rhinitis; Allergies; Allergy; Analysis; Asthma; Biological and medical sciences; Bottle feeding; Bottle Feeding - adverse effects; Breastfeeding & lactation; Causes of; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Dentistry; Families & family life; Family (Sociological Unit); Female; Fingersucking - adverse effects; Follow-Up Studies; General aspects; Genetic Disorders; Hay fever; Health aspects; Histamine; Humans; Male; Malocclusion; Malocclusion - epidemiology; Malocclusion - etiology; Medical Evaluation; Medical sciences; Mexico - epidemiology; Miscellaneous; NNSH; Non tumoral diseases; non-nutritive sucking habits; Original; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Pacifiers - adverse effects; Parents; Parents & parenting; Pediatrics; Physical Examinations; Preschool education; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Researchers; Rhinitis; Rhinitis - complications; Rhinitis - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Statistical Analysis; Suburban areas; Sucking Behavior; Tooth, Deciduous; Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology
• ISSN: 0003-9888; 1468-2044
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.088484

Aim: To determine the association between allergic rhinitis, bottle feeding, non-nutritive sucking habits, and malocclusion in the primary dentition. Methods: Data were collected on 1160 children aged 4–5 years, who had been longitudinally followed since the age of 4 months, when they were admitted to nurseries in a suburban area of Tampico–Madero, Mexico. Periodically, physical examinations were conducted and a questionnaire was given to their parents or tutors. Results: Malocclusion was detected in 640 of the children (51.03% had anterior open bite and 7.5% had posterior cross-bite). Allergic rhinitis alone (adjusted odds ratio = 2.87; 95% CI 1.57 to 5.25) or together with non-nutritive sucking habits (adjusted odds ratio = 3.31; 95% CI 1.55 to 7.09) had an effect on anterior open bite. Bottle feeding alone (adjusted odds ratio = 1.95; 95% CI 1.07 to 3.54) or together with allergic rhinitis (adjusted odds ratio = 3.96; 95% CI 1.80 to 8.74) had an effect on posterior cross-bite. Posterior cross-bite was more frequent in children with allergic rhinitis and non-nutritive sucking habits (10.4%). Conclusions: Allergic rhinitis alone or together with non-nutritive sucking habits is related to anterior open bite. Non-nutritive sucking habits together with allergic rhinitis seem to be the most important factor for development of posterior open bite in children under the age of 5 years.