title: Prevalence of Oral Habits among Eleven to Thirteen Years Old Children in Jaipur.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Oral habits that are prevalent well beyond the normal age frequently result in facial deformity and malocclusions. The aim of the present study was to know the prevalence of oral habits in 11 to 13 years old children of Jaipur city.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 1,000 children of age 11 to 13 years, belonging to different government and private schools of Jaipur city who were screened for any deleterious habits at their school site. The statistical analysis was done using Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The result showed that 18% children had a habit of tongue thrusting, 17% mouth breathing and 3% nail biting. Sex-wise prevalence showed 18% females had oral habits and 20% of male had oral habit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The distribution of children aged 11 to 13 years having oral habits was evaluated with tongue thrusting being most prevalent and exhibiting minimal sexual predilection. How to cite this article: Sharma S, Bansal A, Asopa K. Prevalence of Oral Habits among Eleven to Thirteen Years Old Children in Jaipur. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2015;8(3):208-210.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Orthodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Shantanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Pedodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Ayushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Kirti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asopa
keywords: Children; Oral habit; Tongue thrusting.