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A proposta do presente trabalho foi associar a forma de aleitamento com a instalação de hábitos bucais deletérios e conseqüentes maloclusões. Foram examinadas 357 crianças, na faixa etária de 3 a 5 anos, pertencentes a creches e escolas da cidade de Belo Horizonte. Para a obtenção de informações sobre o desenvolvimento das crianças, foram enviados questionários para as mães. Houve um retorno de 289 questionários, sendo avaliadas 289 fichas das crianças participantes. Constatou-se que há associação do aleitamento natural com a não instalação de hábitos bucais viciosos, pois 86,1% das crianças que não apresentaram hábitos deletérios foram aleitadas por, no mínimo, 6 meses. A associação de hábitos bucais com maloclusões foi significante, sendo mais prevalentes as mordidas cruzada posterior e aberta anterior The purpose of the present investigation was to assess the relationship between infant feeding methods, oral habits, and the occurrence of future malocclusions in children. The study comprised 357 children (aged 3 to 5 years) from different social classes who were clinically examined in their nursery schools. In order to gather information on the children's development, a previously tested questionnaire was sent to their homes to be answered by their mothers. Two hundred and eighty nine questionnaires were returned. Hence, only the corresponding 289 clinical examinations were considered for final analysis. It was observed that breast feeding was associated with the absence of oral habits, since 86.1% of the children breast-fed for a period longer than 6 months did not develop oral habits. Posterior crossbite and anterior open bite were the most prevalent types of malocclusion observed