A new feeding nipple for cleft lip and palate patients wearing a Hotz plate

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  • NISHIHARA Kazuhide
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • MIMURA Tamotsu
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • NOZOE Etsuro
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • HIRAHARA Narihiro
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • NAKAMURA Yasunori
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • GOMI Akinori
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • HIRAOKA Katsuyuki
    Research and Development Department, JEX Co., LTD

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  • Ｈｏｔｚ床を装着した唇顎口蓋裂患児のための新型乳首の使用経験
  • Hotzショウ オ ソウチャク シタ シン ガク コウガイレツカンジ ノ タメ ノ シンガタ チクビ ノ シヨウ ケイケン

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Abstract

This study evaluated a new feeding nipple designed for cleft lip and palate infants wearing a palatal obturator Hotz plate.<BR>The new nipple made of silicon resins has a spherical top of 14 mm in diameter and a flat part in the middle to adapt to the peristaltic movement of the tongue during sucking with a crosscut opening.<BR>Laboratory tests on the new nipple showed a correla tionbetween the compression and the strain and the simple regression coefficient was 0.062, which was higher than that of conventional ones except the Chu Chu type.<BR>The effect of the new nipple was assessed on 23 cleftlip nd palate infants wearing a Hotz plate. After chang ingto the new nipple, 7 of 8 parents of the patients an sweredon the questionnaire that the new one was more favorable than the conventional nipple. The body weight was increased favorably during the 3 months after birth and the feeding facilities (total volume and stipulated feeding time) were observed to be satisfactory on 15 in fantsusing the new nipple.<BR>The results was suggest that the new nipple may be more effective for the sucking of cleft lip and palate in fantswearing a palatal obturator.

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