title: Intraoral prosthetic appliance for the prevention of palatal grooving in premature intubated infants.
abstract: Palatal groove is one of the complications of orotracheal intubation in premature infants. Previous reports demonstrated an incidence of 48% of palatal groove formation in premature infants which increased to 88% when the duration of intubation was greater than two weeks. A prosthetic intraoral acrylic appliance which has successfully prevented such a groove formation has been described in this paper.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fadavi
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Punwani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidyasagar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adeni
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants