Prevalence of thumb sucking in children of Calcutta

J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 1992 Mar;10(1):33-6.

Abstract

The prevalence study of thumb digital sucking carried out on 3-12-year- old 2517 children, 1293 boys & 1224 girls, with different socio-economic status, belonging to villages, suburbs and city areas of Calcutta revealed that non-nutritional sucking habit was predominantly seen in cities, and bottle feeding was found to be the main cause of this habit; in 3-6-year-old children the prevalence of the habit was more in boys than girls but it persisted more in boys with increase in age.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Bottle Feeding / adverse effects
  • Bottle Feeding / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fingersucking*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Rural Population
  • Sex Factors
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Urban Population