The importance of Changing Ventilation Masks | David jose Casimiro de |

Summary :
⁣The face is the center of our organism, responsible for communication, feeding, breathing, and the development of different senses. In the baby, it is essential to the satisfaction of the oral phase, swallowing, speech, hearing, eye contact, and establishing a relationship with the environment around us. Each day it becomes more frequent to use ventilation masks from an early age for reasons related to the development and maintenance of life in many children. Masks are an essential instrument capable of saving lives at certain critical times and allowing it to be maintained at other times. The use of masks requires a lengthy application time, which results in forces with possible harmful effects on the structures involved. The younger the child, the more bones and tissues are deformable by external stimuli. This means that whenever any force is applied to the skull bones, a reaction to that force is expected, so the design of the masks should be adapted to each face whenever possible and have support at more rigid and less deformable points to prevent deformities, taking into account the place where the type of force operates, direction and intensity, in addition to the time of action of the force. Any deformity can result in organ dysfunction, interfere with development, sleep, and learning, and have huge repercussions on the whole family’s life. A pediatric dentist is an essential element in the medical team that follows these patients and should always identify, prevent, and intercepts these problems to achieve proper development.


About Author :
⁣Degree in Medicine in 1991. Postgraduation in Orthodontics at the European Orthodontics Centre (1988), Postgraduation in Patients with Neurological Deviations at Fundación Sonnenschein (1997), Postgraduation in - Patient Management with Intravenous Sedation and Nitrogen Protoxide Sedation in General Dentistry (New York, 1998), and Postgraduation in Orthodontics (New York University, 2000). Ph.D. in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in 2000. Currently, he is the Director of the Specialization Program in Pediatric Dentistry at FMDUP (180 ECTS). Developing P2LINK Project with Lisbon Baby Lab– Fundação para a ciência e tecnologia.