TY - JOUR
T1 - Presence of ankyloglossia and breastfeeding in babies born in Lima, Peru
T2 - a longitudinal study
AU - Rech, Rafaela Soares
AU - Chávez, Bertha Angélica
AU - Fernandez, Pili Berrios
AU - da Silva, Daniel Demétrio Faustino
AU - Hilgert, Juliana Balbinot
AU - Hugo, Fernando Neves
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Purpose: to evaluate the lingual frenulum and breastfeeding in infants from a maternal-perinatal referral center, as well as to monitor infants with ankyloglossia up to six months of age. Methods: a cohort study conducted at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal - Maternidad de Lima in Lima, Peru. The consecutive intentional sample consisted of 304 newborns and their respective mothers, evaluated during December 2017 and January 2018, which were the baseline of the study. A clinical evaluation of the lingual frenulum adapted and the Clinical Evaluation of Breastfeeding Efficacy (CEBE) scale, was performed. Results: of the 304 newborns, 15 (4.9%) were considered with altered frenulum, and only 4 (26.7%) presented a low score in CEBE. The mean of the CEBE score was 9.3. (DP=1.35, Min=3, Max=10). Of the follow-up infants, only 2 (13.3%) persisted with breastfeeding difficulties for which frenotomy was indicated. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the low prevalence of ankyloglossia in infants, as it does not indicate a trend of difficulty or negative interference in breastfeeding.
AB - Purpose: to evaluate the lingual frenulum and breastfeeding in infants from a maternal-perinatal referral center, as well as to monitor infants with ankyloglossia up to six months of age. Methods: a cohort study conducted at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal - Maternidad de Lima in Lima, Peru. The consecutive intentional sample consisted of 304 newborns and their respective mothers, evaluated during December 2017 and January 2018, which were the baseline of the study. A clinical evaluation of the lingual frenulum adapted and the Clinical Evaluation of Breastfeeding Efficacy (CEBE) scale, was performed. Results: of the 304 newborns, 15 (4.9%) were considered with altered frenulum, and only 4 (26.7%) presented a low score in CEBE. The mean of the CEBE score was 9.3. (DP=1.35, Min=3, Max=10). Of the follow-up infants, only 2 (13.3%) persisted with breastfeeding difficulties for which frenotomy was indicated. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the low prevalence of ankyloglossia in infants, as it does not indicate a trend of difficulty or negative interference in breastfeeding.
KW - Aleitamento Materno
KW - Ankyloglossia
KW - Anquiloglossia
KW - Breast Feeding
KW - Dentists
KW - Freio Lingual
KW - Lingual Frenum
KW - Odontó logos Fonoaudiologia
KW - Sciences
KW - Speech, Language and Hearing
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U2 - 10.1590/2317-1782/20202019235
DO - 10.1590/2317-1782/20202019235
M3 - Article
C2 - 33503211
AN - SCOPUS:85100595809
SN - 2179-6491
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - CoDAS
JF - CoDAS
IS - 6
ER -