Anterior open bite: a case-control study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of sucking habits and facial pattern measurements on the development of anterior open bite (AOB).

Methods: A case-control study was carried out on 60 children aged 7 and 8 years attending municipal public schools in the city of Recife, Brazil. Data collection included interviews with guardians, oral examinations, and facial growth pattern analysis using cephalometric radiographs.

Non-nutritive sucking habits, dental malocclusions, and facial morphology in Brazilian children: a longitudinal study.

The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess the relationship between non-nutritive sucking habits and the presence of anterior open bites (AOBs) and posterior crossbites and their association with facial morphology among 4- to 6-year-old children attending state schools in the city of Recife, Brazil. The sample comprised 287 children, both males and females. The proportion of boys to girls was approximately 50 per cent.