Evaluation of Mother's Complementary Feeding Knowledge and Occlusion

Swati Dwivedi; Mohd Sarfarj; Faizan Ansari; Shivani S Singh; Azmat Yaqoob; Shivesh Kumar

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_33_22

Evaluation of Mother's Complementary Feeding Knowledge and Occlusion

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S872-S875. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_33_22. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Authors

Swati Dwivedi¹, Mohd Sarfarj¹, Faizan Ansari¹, Shivani S Singh¹, Azmat Yaqoob¹, Shivesh Kumar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of ENT, Career Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Aim: Mothers' understanding of feeding methods and how they affect deciduous dentition were the focus of this study.

Materials and methods: This study looked at people from different parts of the population. In total, 230 moms of children aged 6 months to 5 years who completed an oral health questionnaire were included in the study. Mothers' awareness of feeding patterns and their impact on deciduous dentition were examined in the study.

Results: Illiterate moms' children showed a significant difference in the quality of their occlusion compared to similarly raised children of literate mothers. Children who began supplementary feeding before the age of 6 months were more likely to have occlusion changes.

Conclusion: Malocclusion prevalence was shown to be unrelated to meal behaviors. However, further research is required as there are just a few studies currently available.

Keywords: Complementary feeding; malnutrition; mother's knowledge; occlusion.