Long term effects of the palatal plate therapy for the orofacial regulation in children with Down syndrome
V. Zavaglia / A. Nori / N.M. Mansour

The objective of this study was to evaluate long term effects of orofacial regulation therapy with
modified Castillo-Morales palatal plate on 68 Down children that attended our Unit from 1992 to 2001. Corrections obtained with palatal plate therapy were evaluated according to the following parameters: spontaneous lingual protrusion based on three level scale, position “open mouth”, labial hypotonia and sialorrhea. The results showed distinct improvement in nearly all of the parameters compared to initial conditions.