Prevalencia de succión digital y factores etiológicos, clínica UCSG 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Oral habits are neuromuscular in action and are directly related to the stomatognathic system. The importance of this research consists in making parents and dentists aware of the importance of knowing the risk factors related to digital suction. Objective: Identify the prevalence of digit suction and etiological factors, UCSG 2022 clinic. Materials and methods: this study is quantitative, descriptive, and analytical, it was carried out thanks to the seizure of 62 patients from the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil. Results: the minors who presented this habit were 8-year-old children, among the risk factors parenting was found to be prevalent, which is confirmed in other studies, on the other hand, the most frequent cause was boredom, in which other authors suggest that the most frequent cause is self-consolation and comfort. In this study, among the consequences of occlusion, gaps and open bite were mostly noted. In this sense, fixed and removable appliances were mostly used, although a study suggests a more modern method such as the use of a bracelet with an alarm, which turned out to be a good method of treatment. Conclusion: most of the patients did not have the habit of digital suction. Regarding the patients who did present this bad habit, it was found that among the risk factors the parenting method predominated and the most prevalent cause was boredom, among the most frequent occlusal problems were gaps and anterior or lateral open bite. Finally, the most suggested treatments were removable and fixed appliances.