Aleitamento materno: amar, nutrir e crescer: implicações clínicas da promoção do aleitamento materno na prática profissional do cirurgião-dentista

Abstract

The craniofacial growth of a young child is related to different types of functional stimuli, such as breath, suction, swallowing and suckling. Breastfeeding requires the synchronizing of all this functions, generating specific muscles actions. These actions will lead to a correct craniofacial structures development. Beside this, we need to focus also on the relevance of nutritional and emotional aspects of breastfeeding. On this article we tried , using a systematic literature research, to find scientific support for the inducement of breastfeeding in order to promote good craniofacial growth and consequently less malocclusion prevalence.