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Published on: March 1, 2015
[Early weaning: implications to oral motor development]
Flávia Cristina Brisque Neiva1, Débora Martins Cattoni, José Lauro de Araújo Ramos
1Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. flaviacbn@yahoo.com.br
Objective:
This article aims at reviewing the relationship between early weaning and its consequences to oral motor development, focusing on the consequences to occlusion, breathing, and children's oral motor aspects.
Sources:
A literature review based on Medline database from the early 60s up to 2001 was performed taking into consideration the following topics: pediatrics, dentistry and speech language pathology.
Summary Of The Findings:
Based on this review of literature, we could verify that early weaning may lead to a proper oral motor development rupture, which may cause negative consequences to swallowing, breathing and speaking activities as well as malocclusion, oral breathing and oral motor disorders.
Conclusions:
In addition to several benefits of breastfeeding, it contributes to a proper oral motor development and also avoids speech-language disorders, regarding oral motor system.
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