Relationship between Oral Conditions and Eating Habits in Early Stage of Permanent Incisors Eruption

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to know the actual conditions of oral states and eating habits of children on the early stage of mixed dentition. We examined oral conditions and made questionnaire about eating habits to 90 children (male 49, female 41), whose upper permanent incisors had erupted and were managed at Pedodontics Department in Showa University Dental Hospital. The subjects were divided into 3 groups at eruption grade. The results were as follows. 1) Oral conditions; 5 children (5.9%) had caries on permanent incisors. Adhesive levels of plaque on the upper incisors were high and lateral incisors showed higher score than central incisors, but average plaque score was low at group 3 compaired with group 1, 2. Caries activity showed high score at group 3 and there was a significant difference between group 3 and other groups. With the space between permanent incisors, the rate of closed type had a tendency to increase and the rate of irregularity of dental arch have a tendency to decrease in accompany with incisors eruption. 2) Eating habits; they had a tendency to take meals and between meals regularly and favor sweet taste. Then, they had a tendency to leave for management of between meals from parents with incisors eruption. 3) Relationship between oral conditions and eating habits; The children who replied to take between meals irregulary, more times and add sugar to their drink had a tendency to show high score at plaque score and Cariostat score. There was no relationship between G.I. score and eating habits.