title: Sucking efficiency of early orthopaedic plate and teats in infants with cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Intraoral negative pressure during bottle feeding with two kinds of teats (a regular Nuk and a cleft Nuk) was measured in 7 infants with cleft lip and palate, 8 infants with cleft palate, 2 infants with cleft lip, 4 infants with operated cleft lip and palate and 7 normal infants. Infants with cleft lip and palate or cleft palate were unable to generate negative pressure before cleft lip and palate closure. The presence or absence of an early orthopaedic plate did not make any difference. In infants with unoperated cleft lip and with operated cleft lip and palate, peak negative pressure during feeding differed little from that of normal infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kleinheinz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Komposch
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009055:Mouth / Q000503:physiopathology; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011312:Pressure; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*