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This research sought to explore, from a comprehensive perspective, the associations between breastfeeding history and children\u2019s attachment styles, as well as the relationships between breastfeeding history and oral health indicators within conceptual psychophysiological frameworks discussed in the literature. Methods: This was a cross-sectional (descriptive and analytical) and correlational study. In this work, the associations of breastfeeding with attachment and oral health were analyzed in 100 children between 9 and 11 years old at a primary school in the municipality of Jos\u00e9 Azueta, Veracruz, Mexico, from December 2023 to September 2024 by a clinical history, dental examinations (Oral Hygiene Index-Simulated (OHI-S), Dental Caries History (DEOPT) and Detection of Malocclusions (DAI)) and the Attachment and Interaction Styles Instrument. Results: Significant differences were found in the security and closeness attachment style, the oral-hygiene index, the caries index, and occlusion by type of breastfeeding, showing better values in boys and girls who were exclusively breastfed. Likewise, both in the correlation analysis and in the multiple regression model, associations were observed between having been exclusively breastfed and the attachment style and oral indices. 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