A SUCCESSFUL USE OF NEW MODIFIED FEEDING PLATE FOR NEW BORN BABY WITH CLEFT PALATE

Background: Congenital abnormality is considered the most famous abnormality that occurs in all the world.
Objective: was to construct a new device feeding plate for a baby who had cleft palate act as a prosthetic obturator to close the defect that occur between the naso-oral and to compare feeding device and feeding bottle for new born baby and evaluation sequence of weight gain with use of feeding prosthetic obturator.
Material and Methods: Four new born babies came to the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University with a palatal cleft. A feeding device was fabricated with a perforation at canine region for attachment of dental thin wire with a thickness 0.9. Then four babies were examined by asking their mothers to use feeding bottle and the new feeding palatal device each time with a standard amount of milk per time and a questionnaire for mothers were done.
Results: The uses of the feeding devices aids help feeding provide enough nutrition and increase weight gain decrease nasopharyngeal and otitis media infection until the surgical intervention occur to correct the defects. Data were collected and statistical analysis was done.
Conclusions: It is obvious that restoring the cleft palate by feeding device help to obtain proper nourishment for the baby. Therefore, it provides normal physical mental, psychological well-being new born baby and parents. Help normal suckling, decrease the feeding and nasal difficulties, correct tongue posture, help growth and stability of maxilla and prevent its collapse.