RESUMENOBJETIVO: El propósito de presentar este artículo es reportar un caso clínico donde se trata de mejorar la posiciónlingual, el cierre bucal mediante el uso de la placa palatina en una paciente con Síndrome de Down.DESCRIPCIÓN: Paciente de 3 años 10 meses con Síndrome de Down, con hipotonía de músculos orofaciales, bocaabierta y labio inferior evertido, se coloca una placa palatina para mejorar el cierre bucal y el posicionamiento de lalengua, después de 4 meses de uso se logró mejorar la posición lingual y el cierre bucal.CONCLUSIONES: El uso de la placa palatina mejora el cierre bucal por estimulación de los músculos periorales ymejora la posición de la lengua por estimulo del botón lingual de la placa.PALATINE PLATE USE FOR IMPROVING THE CLOSING MOUTH AND TONGUE POSITION IN PATIENTSWITH DOWN SYNDROME: CLINICAL CASE REPORTOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is...

Objective: Determine which of the toothpastes; a toothpaste with 1.5% arginine and 1450 ppm fluoride, one with 10% xylitol and 1450 ppm fluoride and a toothpaste with 1450 ppm fluoride; It is most effective in reducing the saliva count of S. mutans in 5-year-old children. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of forty-five 5-year-old children divided into 3 groups corres­ponding to each paste to be evaluated, a toothpaste with 1.5% arginine and 1450 ppm of fluoride, one with 10% xylitol and 1450 ppm of fluoride and one with 1450 ppm of fluoride. Counts of CFU of S. mutans were carried out in sowings made on MSB agar, of stimulated saliva samples obtained from the subjects of the sam­ple, before and after two weeks of the use of the paste assigned to each subgroup. Results: The mean S. mutans count before was 727.59 CFU and after it was 103.50. The significance was 0.000 between t...

Objective: Determine which of the toothpastes; a toothpaste with 1.5% arginine and 1450 ppm fluoride, one with 10% xylitol and 1450 ppm fluoride and a toothpaste with 1450 ppm fluoride; It is most effective in reducing the saliva count of S. mutans in 5-year-old children. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of forty-five 5-year-old children divided into 3 groups corres­ponding to each paste to be evaluated, a toothpaste with 1.5% arginine and 1450 ppm of fluoride, one with 10% xylitol and 1450 ppm of fluoride and one with 1450 ppm of fluoride. Counts of CFU of S. mutans were carried out in sowings made on MSB agar, of stimulated saliva samples obtained from the subjects of the sam­ple, before and after two weeks of the use of the paste assigned to each subgroup. Results: The mean S. mutans count before was 727.59 CFU and after it was 103.50. The significance was 0.000 between t...