Long term effects of the palatal plate therapy for the orofacial regulation in children with Down syndrome

The objective of this study was to evaluate long term effects of orofacial regulation therapy with modified Castillo-Morales palatal plate on 68 Down children that attended our Unit from 1992 to 2001. Corrections obtained with palatal plate therapy were evaluated according to the following parameter...

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Published inThe Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry Vol. 28; no. 1; p. 89
Main Authors Zavaglia, V, Nori, A, Mansour, N M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2003
Subjects
Child, Preschool
Down Syndrome - complications
Down Syndrome - physiopathology
Facial Muscles - physiopathology
Humans
Infant
Macroglossia - physiopathology
Macroglossia - therapy
Muscle Hypotonia - etiology
Muscle Hypotonia - therapy
Myofunctional Therapy - instrumentation
Orthodontic Appliances, Removable
Palate, Hard
Physical Stimulation - instrumentation
Sialorrhea - etiology
Sialorrhea - therapy
Tongue - physiopathology
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Summary:The objective of this study was to evaluate long term effects of orofacial regulation therapy with modified Castillo-Morales palatal plate on 68 Down children that attended our Unit from 1992 to 2001. Corrections obtained with palatal plate therapy were evaluated according to the following parameters: spontaneous lingual protrusion based on three level scale, position "open mouth", labial hypotonia and sialorrhea. The results showed distinct improvement in nearly all of the parameters compared to initial conditions.
ISSN:1053-4628
1557-5268
DOI:10.17796/jcpd.28.1.buq243j955771h48