title: [The normal mouth in newborn infants].
abstract: The mouth is the place where the newborn begins his experience of life. An anatomical study of the mouth and of the airways-digestive tract junction can explain the particular physiological features of suction and deglutition. These functions bear witness to the neonatal brainstem maturation, improve the newborn's waking state and are the sources of novel acquisitions in the field of interrelations between mother and child.
authors.affiliation: Service de stomatologie, chirurgie maxillo-faciale, chirurgie plastique de la face, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mondie
mesh_terms: D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009055:Mouth / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology