Use of palatal plate and orofacial development in a child with Down's syndrome
Keywords:
Down syndrome, Infant, Child, Oral health, Primary prevention, treatment.Abstract
Babies with Down Syndrome (DS) present, in general, muscle hypotonia,insufficient mouth closure and protrusion of the tongue. The palatal plate therapy,
submitted by Castillo Morales, induces the lip closure and the correct position of the
tongue. The objective of this research was to evaluate the oral development in a girl with DS through early stimulation and use of palatal plate. She was treated with the palatal plate method from 5 to 15 months of age. She was followed-up by a
multidisciplinary team until he was six years of age. In this case report, the palatal
therapy allowed adequate, harmonic and functional oral development. The early
treatment with palatal plate has shown to be a valuable supplement to the
multidisciplinary program of care to Down's syndrome patients.
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