REVIEW article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Children and Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1646225
This article is part of the Research TopicChildren in Global Health: Promoting Health Equity from the Perspective of Media, Culture and CommunicationView all 8 articles
Oral Suction Capacity in Breastfeeding Versus Bottle Feeding. A Systematic Review
Provisionally accepted
Pilar Andrea Guzman SanchezMaría Margarita Arciniegas MoreraLaura Cardenas JaramilloMariana Larrahondo GomezCyntia Paola Lambis Cano
Luz Adriana Meneses Urrea*- Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali, Colombia
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Abstract Objectives: This study aims to ascertain whether breastfed infants exhibit superior oral sucking abilities compared with bottle-fed infants. Methods: A systematic review was conducted, encompassing four databases associated with professional health practices: Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Dimensions. The review encompassed articles published from 2010 onward, and included children up to the age of 2 y under normotypic conditions. The search was conducted using a query constructed from keywords that considered MeSH terms, and the query was applied in all databases. The systematic review was performed following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, and the methodological quality was assessed using the MINORS scale. Results: Behaviors related to maternal suckling, such as position, mother-child bonding, adequacy of suckling, baby responses, and anatomy, showed that the group of bottle-fed babies performed poorly in the five behaviors analyzed (P <0.001), with suckling behavior standing out. Conclusion: The mechanics of sucking exhibits differences in oral motor behavior between bottle-fed and breastfed infants, favoring the latter group. However, these disparities appear inconsequential in children receiving mixed feeding. Keywords: infant; newborn; breastfeeding; bottle feeding; sucking behavior
Keywords: Infant, Newborn, breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, Sucking Behavior
Received: 13 Jun 2025; Accepted: 20 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Sanchez, Arciniegas Morera, Cardenas Jaramillo, Gomez, Lambis Cano and Meneses Urrea. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Luz Adriana Meneses Urrea, luz.meneses00@usc.edu.co
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