Breast and bottle-feeding and the development of the stomatognathic system

Authors

  • Luciano Casagrande Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Fabiana Vargas Ferreira
  • Daiana Hahn Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Daniele Taís Unfer Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Juliana Rodrigues Praetzel Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.3032

Keywords:

Feeding, Stomatognathic system, Face myofunctional disorders

Abstract

The morphofunctional interconnection of the oral cavity with the face determines a relation in the growing and development processes of these areas, making the facial functions (respiration, suction, swallowing, mastication and speech) responsible for the adequate environmental stimulus to the genetically determined growth. Because of this, the functional alterations could generate changes in the facial development, as well as in the structures the face is related to. The breast requires an intense muscular activity by the infant, promoting the suction, swallowing and respiration (vital and innate functions), stimulating the growth and development of the face and its annexes. In this study, the aim is to contextualize the importance of feeding (breast and bottle) to the development of the stomatognathic system, giving subsidies so that the general clinic dentist-surgeon has conditions to suspect of alterations in the facial neuromuscular physiological patterns and to guide the patient to a treatment with multidisciplinary attention, promoting the health at an early age

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Author Biography

Luciano Casagrande, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Odontopediatria

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Published

2008-07-01

How to Cite

Casagrande, L., Ferreira, F. V., Hahn, D., Unfer, D. T., & Praetzel, J. R. (2008). Breast and bottle-feeding and the development of the stomatognathic system. Revista Da Faculdade De Odontologia De Porto Alegre, 49(2), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.3032

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Original articles

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