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A Feeding Appliance for an Infant with Cleft Palate

Published:2017-07-30 Issue:1 Volume:1 Page:1-3
ISSN:2578-8817
Container-title:POJ Dental and Oral Care
language:en
Short-container-title:POJ Dent Oral Care

Author:

Zekonis Gediminas¹,Zukauskaite Egle²,Masiliunaite Vilte²,Dzingute Agne²

Affiliation:

1. Prosthodontic dentistry, Professor in Clinic of Dental and Maxillofacial Orthopedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Europe

2. Prosthodontic dentistry, Doctor Resident in clinic of Dental and Maxillofacial Orthopedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Europe

Abstract

Cleft palate and cleft lip are the most common congenital deformities involving the orofacial region. One of the most important problems with this deformation is difficulties with feeding due to lack of sufficient negative intraoral pressure which prevents regurgitation of food into the nasal cavity. Cleft lip and cleft palate can be surgically treated but repair of the palate is usually delayed until 6 months to 2 years of age. Early repair of the palate may have a negative effect on the growth and development of maxilla due to the resulting scar tissue. This article presents the Prosthodontic management of an infant with a cleft palate through fabricating a feeding plate (palatal obturator). Keywords: Cleft palate, Feeding plate, Palatal obturator

Publisher

Proskolar Publishers

Subject

General Medicine,General Chemistry

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