Bosnjak Andrija, Vućićević-Boras Vanja, Miletić Ivana, Bozić Darko, Vukelja Milko
Departments of Periodontology, Oral medicine, Endodontology, School of Dentistry, Zagreb, Croatia.
J Oral Rehabil. 2002 Sep;29(9):902-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00925.x.
Recognition and elimination of an oral habit is of utmost importance in the treatment of periodontal disease. It is not probable that the influence of such a factor can lead to the alteration of gingival dimension, but a cofactor role of oral habits in the development of gingival recession has been acclaimed. The purpose of this study was to present cross-sectional data from an epidemiological study performed in two urban settlements in Zagreb, Croatia. The study was performed in 1025 children, in an attempt to try and discover the incidence of oral habits in children with mixed dentition, aged from 6 to 11 years. About 33.37% of the screened population exhibited oral habits, such as nail and object biting, non-nutritive sucking, simple tongue thrusting and lip or cheek biting. Chi-square test analysis showed no statistically significant differences between sex and age groups, a result that does not exclude the oral habits from aetiology of the periodontal pathology. We can conclude that oral habits are a frequent finding, although the cause relation to periodontitis has yet to be cleared completely.
认识并消除口腔习惯在牙周病治疗中至关重要。虽然这种因素不太可能导致牙龈尺寸改变，但口腔习惯在牙龈退缩发展过程中的协同作用已得到认可。本研究旨在呈现克罗地亚萨格勒布两个城市居民区进行的一项流行病学研究的横断面数据。该研究对1025名儿童进行，试图发现6至11岁混合牙列儿童的口腔习惯发生率。约33.37%的筛查人群存在口腔习惯，如咬指甲和咬物体、非营养性吮吸、单纯伸舌以及咬唇或咬颊。卡方检验分析显示性别和年龄组之间无统计学显著差异，这一结果并不排除口腔习惯在牙周病理病因中的作用。我们可以得出结论，口腔习惯很常见，尽管与牙周炎的因果关系尚未完全明确。
