Abstract
Objective In-vitro fertilization is one of the modern treatments modality of infertility. Deleterious oral habits are the common problem often found by the dental surgeons during routine examination. Oral habits are repetitive behaviour in the oral cavity that exhibited in different ways like thumb sucking, lip sucking, nail biting, mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, handkerchief biting, etc. Development of oral habits may cause dentoalveolar and/or skeletal deformation in children and ultimately form, function, and aesthetics of orofacial region may be compromised.
Aims The aim of the present study is to evaluate the oral habits status of in-vitro fertilized (IVF) children of West Bengal, India.
Settings and Design In a cross-sectional case control study, oral habit status of children in the age group of 6–14 years was assessed. The case group comprised term, singleton babies who were the consequence of IVF in the studied area. The study period was 2009–11. The proposed control group consisted of term, first child, singleton, and spontaneously conceived 6–14 years old children who were also resident of the same studied area.
Materials and Methods A sample of 150 IVF and 150 spontaneously conceived children were examined to find out their oral habit status. Statistical Analysis Used Using Z test.
Results The results showed that the prevalence of oral habits in IVF children was 39.3%. Thumb sucking was relatively more common habit and seen in only 16.66% of IVF children. Nail biting was found in 11.33%, handkerchief biting in 3.33%, and the result was significant at p < 0.05. Tongue thrusting (6%) and mouth breathing (2%) cases was relatively less common of IVF children and the result is not significant at p < 0.05 level. Presence of handkerchief biting is a unique finding of the present study.
Conclusion The deleterious oral habits restrict proper growth and development of orofacial structure of IVF children. So these kinds of habits should be interrupted and treated as early as possible.
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