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Current Pediatric Research| Volume: 22
November 28-29, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
15
th
World Congress on
Pediatrics, Clinical Pediatrics and Nutrition
28
th
International Conference on
Nursing Practice
Joint Event
&
Clinical measurement of maximal mouth opening in children: A pioneer method
Arun Kumar
Pandit Bhagwat Dyal Sharma University of Health Sciences, India
Objectives:
To determine the maximal mouth opening (MMO)
in children aged 3 to 12 years from Indian population and to
examine the possible influence of age, gender, height and body
weight on MMO.
Study Design:
Assessment of MMO is accomplished with a
modified Vernier Caliper by measuring the distance between
the incisal edge of upper and lower incisor during maximal
mouth opening upto the painless limit. Participants of the
study were healthy children selected among regular students
from local schools. Age, gender, height and body weight of each
child were also recorded at the same time.
Results:
The results of the present study revealed that MMO
in Indian children were 41.61 mm, 44.9 mm and 46.81 mm for
boys and 40.09 mm, 44.22 mm and 46.2 mm for girls at age of
3,4 and 5 years respectively. The MMO in Indian children were
46.04 mm, 48.53 mm and 52.38 mm for boys and 45.95 mm,
47.27 mm and 52.05 mm for girls at age groups of 6-8, 8-10 and
10-12 years respectively. Furthermore, significant associations
were noted in between age, height, body weight and MMO.
However, no gender difference was observed.
Conclusion:
A definite relationships exist between MMO,
age, height and body weight in Indian children with primary
dentition.
Speaker Biography
Arun Kumar has completed his Masters in Dental Surgery in the subject of Pedodontics and
Preventive Dentistry from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences in
India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Post Graduate Institute of Dental
Sciences. He has published more than 68 papers in reputed international and national
journals.
e:
drarun922@gmail.comArun Kumar, Pediatrics and Clinical Pediatrics 2018
& Nursing Practice 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C2-005