A feeding adaptation by an infant with a cleft palate.
One of the primary problems in the management and care of infants born with cleft palates is that of achieving an adequate seal of the cleft to allow proper swallowing to take place. This article describes an interesting case in which a 14-month-old baby, who had received no surgical or prosthodontic treatment for her cleft palate, had developed her own 'obturation' mechanism to enable her to swallow efficiently.
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Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000295:instrumentation; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013391:Sucking Behavior