title: [Studies on the incidence and possibility of collective treatment of certain non-occlusal parafunctions in elementary school children].
abstract: A study was carried out on the incidence and possibility of collective treatment of non-occlusal parafunctions in 216 elementary school children aged 7-14 years. Two objectively detectable non-occlusal parafunctions were analysed: nail-biting and pencil-biting. The study included four meetings during which the fingernails and pencils were inspected in all children and a talk was given, explaining the harmfulness of motor habits in the masticatory system, and the children with these habits were told to replace them with other non-harmful movements as habits. Among 216 children 131 (60.6%) had such non-occlusal parafunctions with nail-biting in 51.9% of them, and pencil-biting in 31%. In 22.2% both habits were found. During the third control visit the overall incidence of both parafunctions was found to be decreased, from 60.6% to 37.9%. Elimination of nail-biting was obtained in 37.5% of cases, and pencil-biting in 64.2%, with the proportions of treated children varying in various classes. The study showed that nail-biting and pencil-biting are widely spread habits in the studied population and that collective treatment of these parafunctions is possible.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleinrok
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mielnik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skibińska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Doraczyńska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zyśko
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D009259:Nail Biting / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Badania nad czestościa wystepowania i mozliwościa zbiorowego leczenia wybranych parafunkcji niezwarciowych u uczniow szkoły podstawowej.