Amro Mohammed Moness Ali
1* , Abdullah Kamel
21 Lecturer of Paediatric and Community Dentistry, Paediatric and Community Dentistry Department- Faculty of Dentistry Mania University Egypt
2 Assistant Lecturer of Prosthetic Dentistry Prosthetic Dentistry Department Faculty of Dentistry Mania University-Egypt
Abstract
Infants with cleft palate (CP) suffer from several difficulties, one of them is feeding, which prevent infant from maintaining adequate nutrition. Usage of feeding plate, special bottles and nipples has been described to overcome this problem. This article describes steps of constructing a single visit feeding plate for a CP infant. The main objective was to provide an infant with a properly functioning feeding prosthesis and to reduce parents’ anxiety originated from multiple dental visits. We can conclude that our feeding plate was successfully achieving the planned objectives.