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Oral habits could be defined as a constant and repetitive practice that is derived from performing an act repetitively using elements of the oral cavity for its execution. This causes abnormal forces to act on the components of the masticatory apparatus, which, for an extended period of time, could cause dentomaxillofacial alterations such as dental malocclusions.1 In 1952, Dockrell designed and published a method called “Orthodontic Equation” in which he postulated that various causes acting over a considerable period of time on tissues would produce results. One of these causes is habits, which affect the so-called primary sites: bones of the facial skeleton, teeth, neuromuscular system and soft tissues, except the muscle. Aerophone instruments, also known as wind instruments are those that have the ability to reproduce sounds through the vibrations caused by the air column contained therein. The benefits of playing a musical instrument are several. A 2006 study by McMaster University in Canada indicated that there are changes in the brain anatomy after four months of musical instruction. The best age to start learning a musical instrument is five years. There are several researches that suggest that the practice with wind instruments could cause stomatologic alterations. In 2011, De la Torre and colleagues conducted a study in which they determined that students who played wind instruments were more likely to have malocclusions. There is a great variety of wind instruments, and in each one the musician seeks to accommodate the mouth and its attached structures so that the air circulates in such a way that it can become the expected sound. This allows the performer to perform better.

Influence of the excessive practice of musical wind instruments as an etiological factor of malocclusion