Tübingen palate plate
The Tübingen plate is a palate plate for children with a malformation of the jaw called the Pierre Robin sequence .
Pierre Robin sequence
The malformation in humans, also known as Pierre Robin Syndrome, is caused by an embryonic developmental disorder and is characterized by three symptoms:
- small lower jaw, receding chin
- Tongue shifted to the throat with partial obstruction of the airways
- U-shaped cleft palate in 60–80% of cases
function
The tongue is moved forward by the Tübingen plate with integrated spur. This way the children get better air and the growth of the lower jaw is stimulated. The therapy with the Tübingen plate, which is less stressful for children, leads to a significantly higher quality of life for children with the Pierre Robin Sequence and their families, but still requires further scientific work. The Tübingen plate moves the tongue from the nasal cavity into the oral cavity, so that breathing and feeding of the baby are made easier. The changed position of the tongue favors the coordinated growth of the upper and lower jaw, the formation of sounds and the development of language.
therapy
The Tübingen plate supports a physiological swallowing pattern and thus has a positive effect on the function of the ear trumpets (tubes) and the ventilation of the middle ear. An early adjustment of the plate also causes the cleft palate to narrow and thus improves the conditions for surgical gap closure.
The Tübingen treatment concept primarily consists of the following steps:
- early plate adjustment
- Drinking and swallowing training
- surgical closure of the cleft palate
swell
- ↑ Abstracts of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (ÖGKJ), Monthly Pediatric Medicine , Volume 160, Issue 2, Supplement, pp. 1-77. September 1, 2012, doi : 10.1007 / s00112-012-2733-2
- ↑ a b Center for Childhood Malformations in the Jaw and Facial Area (ZKFKG): Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS). ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Madeleine Wegner: Relief instead of shortness of breath. The parents kept watch on Linus' bed uninterruptedly. December 24, 2013.
- ↑ University Hospital Tübingen, Center for Childhood Malformations in the Jaw and Facial Area: Parents Information Pierre Robin Sequence
