A changing trend in eruption age and pattern of first deciduous tooth: correlation to feeding pattern.
BACKGROUND
Feeding mode during infancy and its effect on deciduous tooth appearance in oral cavity in two generations and among genders.


OBJECTIVE
Study aimed to compare and correlate times and patterns of deciduous tooth eruption in breastfeeding (OBF), partial breastfeeding (PBF) and spoon feeding (SF) infants and initiation of semisolid food feeding (SSF) in infants. It also aimed to address the variations in the time of eruption of first deciduous tooth and its pattern in two generations who had more than a decade of difference in ages.


METHODS
An open-ended questionnaire study was conducted on mothers of 265 patients from two groups, generation 1 (G1)- adults who were aged 20-35 years and second group, generation 2 (G2) - children who were below 5 years of age .


RESULTS
A statistical significance was observed with respect to age, gender, generations, and frequency of breastfeeding, partial breastfeeding and time of initiation of semisolid food.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a delayed eruption of teeth in present generation. For girls, it occurs at age of 7.88 months and for boys, it occurs at the age of 8.08 months.
Private Practitioner, The Cure Orthodontic Clinic , Sama, Vadodara, Gujarat, India .
Monika V
MV
Kohli
Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Pariyaram Dental College , Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala, India .
Gururaj B
GB
Patil
Reader, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. K.M.Shah Dental College And Hospital Sumandeep Vidyapeeth , Vadodara, Gujarat, India .
Narayan B
NB
Kulkarni
Reader, Department of Orthodontics, Al-Ameen Dental College , Athani Road, Bijapur, Karnataka .
Kishore
K
Bagalkot
III Year Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, K.M.Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidhyapeeth , Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India .
Zarana
Z
Purohit
II Year Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, K.M.Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidhyapeeth , Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India .
Nilixa
N
Dave
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital, Jodhpur National University , Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Shitalkumar G
SG
Sagari
Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedIcs, Kle Vk Institute of Dental Sciences , Belgaum, India .
Manjunath
M
Malaghan
Breastfeeding; Deciduous teeth; Eruption time; Eruption trend; Feeding