[The linkage between breast feeding and the growth of the orofacial area]

A link between the way of feeding on the one hand, and the Angle class findings, the spacing of deciduous incisors, malocclusion-normal occlusion and overjet and overbite on the other hand, has been examined on 272 children aged three years +/- two months who have been divided into two groups according to the way they were fed in the post-natal period (one group was not breast-fed and the other was breast-fed for the first six months). A chi 2-test has confirmed a statistically significant link between the variables such as the way of feeding in the post-natal period and malocclusion-normal occlusion, Angle class and overjet.