title: [The linkage between breast feeding and the growth of the orofacial area].
abstract: A link between the way of feeding on the one hand, and the Angle class findings, the spacing of deciduous incisors, malocclusion-normal occlusion and overjet and overbite on the other hand, has been examined on 272 children aged three years +/- two months who have been divided into two groups according to the way they were fed in the post-natal period (one group was not breast-fed and the other was breast-fed for the first six months). A chi 2-test has confirmed a statistically significant link between the variables such as the way of feeding in the post-natal period and malocclusion-normal occlusion, Angle class and overjet.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kieferorthopädie und Kinderzahnheilkunde, Sektion Zahnmedizin der Medizinischen Fakultät Rijeka, Kroatien.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fabac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Legouvić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zupan
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Zusammenhang des Stillens mit dem Wachstum der orofazialen Region.