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Dental & Dental
Hygiene
Journal of Dental and Craniofacial Research
ISSN 2576-392X
M a r c h 2 6 - 2 7 , 2 0 1 8
E d i n b u r g h , S c o t l a n d
Dental & Dental Hygiene 2018
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D
ropping suction deglutition is necessary to build a physiological occlusion. For
60% of children, it occurs by itself around the age of four years; it is in this
sample of children that we will find the ones who will never need any orthodontic
treatment. When the child requires a treatment, acquiring a good swallowing not
only reduces the duration of the treatment but also ensures the stability of the
results and avoids the risk of a relapse. This change of the swallowing programcan
be either done by the cortical or the subcortical way, but the resultswill be different.
According to Eric Kandel, winner of Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2000, when this
action comes from the cortical area, there is a stimulation of neurotransmitters in
our synapses in the short term memory, but when it comes from the subcortical
area the child’s brain creates new synapses which stimulate the long term ones.
Biography
Patrick Fellus is the current President of the French Pediatrics
Orthodontics Society, a former Attached Consultant for the
Parisians Hospitals and former Legal Expert in France. He has
written three books and has more than 100 publications.
fellusp@wanadoo.frFrom suction deglutition to swallowing
deglutition through cortical or
subcortical networks
Patrick Fellus
French Pediatrics Orthodontics Society, France
Patrick Fellus, J Den Craniofac Res 2018, Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C1-001