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Breast feeding, bottle feeding, and non-nutritive sucking; effects on occlusion in deciduous dentition

To assess the effect of the type of feeding and non-nutritive sucking activity on occlusion in deciduous dentition, retrospective study of 1130 preschool children (3–5 years of age) who had detailed infant feeding and non-nutritive sucking activity history collected by a structured questionnaire. They all had an oral examination by a dentist, blinded to different variables evaluated.

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