Open AccessA Innovative Technique - Modified Feeding Bottle for a Cleft Palate Infant
Author(s) -
Veerayya R Hiremath,
Ashwini Budunur Lingegowda,
Sounyala Rayannavar,
Nirmala Kumari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15840.7526
Subject(s) - prosthodontist , craniofacial , medicine , dentistry , pediatrics , orthodontics , psychology , psychiatry
Cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most common craniofacial anomalies. Infants suffer a lot of difficulty in sucking during the initial few days after birth. There is even psychological stress to the parents due to improper feeding and the infants lose weight and are prone to nutritional insufficiency. Due to recent advancement in the medical field, there is a total repair of cleft lip and cleft palate and these procedures are performed in the later stages of infants. It is the multidisciplinary approach which includes pedodontist, oral surgeon, prosthodontist and speech therapist. In this article, the technique is highlighted to fulfill the feeding problem of infants in the early stages of birth with a modified feeding bottle.