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نوع الوثيقة |
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مقال في مجلة دورية |
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عنوان الوثيقة |
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Assessment of Parafunctional Oral Habits among a Sample of Saudi Dental Patients Assessment of Parafunctional Oral Habits among a Sample of Saudi Dental Patients |
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لغة الوثيقة |
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الانجليزية |
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المستخلص |
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Abstract. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of parafucntional
oral habits including breathing disorder, bruxism, thumb-sucking, clenching
and some of the related factors among a group of Saudi dental patients
ranging ITom6 to 16 years of age. The sample of this study comprised 1032
Saudi children (712 boys and 320 girls) collected ITomthe screening clinic,
Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University. Standardized questionnaire
form, information about the presence or absence of different parafunctional
oral habits and the participant's oral health knowledge was obtained. Age,
sex and number of siblings were collected. Descriptive statistics, t test and
Chi square test were used as appropriate. The prevalence of breathing
disorders, bruxism, thumb-sucking and clenching habits were 20.2%. 30.2%,
16.7% and 13.6%, respectively. Bruxism was more prevalent in boys
(33.1%) than girls (23.7%), while girls had a significantly higher prevalence
of thumb-sucking and clenching (p=O.OOI).The number of siblings had a
significant effect on bruxism and thumb-sucking (p=O.04), but not on
breathing disorder (p=O.44) or clenching (p=O.22). Oral health knowledge
had insignificant effect on breathing disorders, bruxism, thumb-sucking and
clenching (p=O.88, 0.71, 0.28 and 0.31, respectively). |
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اسم الدورية |
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JKAU |
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المجلد |
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14 |
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العدد |
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4 |
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سنة النشر |
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1427 هـ
2007 م |
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نوع المقالة |
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مقالة علمية |
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تاريخ الاضافة على الموقع |
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
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الباحثون
| زهير مرشد | Murshid, Zuhair | باحث رئيسي | دكتوراه | |
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