Los cambios en el embarazo pueden predisponer al desarrollo de caries al aumentar los recuentos de bacterias cariogénicas y aumentar el riesgo de infección de sus hijos, con el consecuente riesgo de desarrollar caries. El odontólogo debe tener en cuenta que durante el embarazo se observa una mayor apetencia por los alimentos dulces, en este periodo, junto con la alteración de los hábitos de higiene oral, que da lugar a un aumento de la incidencia de caries, debido a los deseos de comer entre comidas y generalmente dulces ricos en azúcares. Cada vez que se ingiere dulces, los ácidos que se generan por la ingestión de los mismos, varían el pH y flujo salival, atacando durante aproximadamente 30 minutos la superficie dental. Durante el periodo gestacional, la composición salival se ve alterada, existe una variación del pH salival y la capacidad buffer, en consecuencia, la funció...

The aim of the study was to determine the influence of oral habits more prevalent in the dental occlusion of infants who attended the dental clinic of San Marcos University. This is a descriptive and cross-section study in patients attending the Infant Clinic of the Child, in the 2010. The sample consisted in 50 infants who recorded the first plane of occlusion. The data collection was obtained through a survey to parents and subsequently performed clinical examination for registration of malocclusion in children. They applied the chi-square test of Pearson r (SPSS 17) with a significance level of 95 % (p <0.05).Our study observed a relation between the common digital suction depth of the palate with 60 % (11 infants) (p 0.01). Also was no relation between the plane and finger sucking terminal for within the age range of 19-36 months, also there was a terminal plane (straight or dista...

The aim of the study was to determine the influence of oral habits more prevalent in the dental occlusion of infants who attended the dental clinic of San Marcos University. This is a descriptive and cross-section study in patients attending the Infant Clinic of the Child, in the 2010. The sample consisted in 50 infants who recorded the first plane of occlusion. The data collection was obtained through a survey to parents and subsequently performed clinical examination for registration of malocclusion in children. They applied the chi-square test of Pearson r (SPSS 17) with a significance level of 95 % (p <0.05).Our study observed a relation between the common digital suction depth of the palate with 60 % (11 infants) (p 0.01). Also was no relation between the plane and finger sucking terminal for within the age range of 19-36 months, also there was a terminal plane (straight or dista...