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Evaluation of the lingual frenulum in newborns using two protocols and its association with breastfeeding
Maria da C M Araujo1, Rebeca L Freitas2, Maria Goretti de Souza Lima3
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Odontologia com Área de Concentração em Clínica Integrada, Recife, PE, Brazil; Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Odontologia Pediátrica, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Objective:
To characterize the lingual frenulum of full-term newborns using two different protocols and to assess the association of the lingual frenulum with breastfeeding.
Methods:
This non-probabilistic sample consisted of 449 mother/baby binomials. For the anatomo-functional evaluation of the frenulum, the Neonatal Tongue Screening Test and the Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool were used for the evaluation of the lingual frenulum. Breastfeeding was evaluated using the protocol proposed by UNICEF. Scores were created (good, fair, poor) to evaluate every aspect of the breastfeeding to be observed. The results were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics and association tests (Pearson's chi-squared and Fisher's exact test).
Results:
The study showed that 14 babies had a lingual frenulum alteration, of whom three had difficulties during suction, requiring frenotomy in the first week of life, whereas 11 had no difficulties during breastfeeding. Regarding the breastfeeding evaluation, 410mother/baby binomials had good, 36 regular, and three had bad scores. There was a statistically significant association between the tongue-tie test protocol and breastfeeding (p=0.028) and between the Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool protocol and breastfeeding (p=0.028).
Conclusion:
Alterations in the lingual frenulum are associated with interferences in the quality of breastfeeding and thus, evaluation of the lingual frenulum in newborns is important.
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