Some babies with tongue-tie are able to latch to the breast and suck well. However, many have breastfeeding problems, such as nipple damage, poor milk transfer and low weight gains in the baby, and recurrent blocked ducts or mastitis due to ineffective milk removal. What is an upper lip-...
lip-tietongue-tieInfants with oral soft-tissue abnormalities can experience breastfeeding difficulties, leading to the cessation of breastfeeding. Lingual ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) is well described in the literature. Upper lip-ties are recently being recognized for their role in breastfeeding ...
My son was diagnosed with lip tie and posterior tongue tie after we’d been working with a lactation consultant for 5 weeks, and she ran out of other suggestions. We had him treated at six weeks old (the soonest he could be seen) by Dr. Branton Richter, a pediatric dental specialist i...
Learn How To Identify The Signs & Symptoms of Tongue & Lip Ties. As a laser-certified dentist, Dr. Pinto offers in-office laser frenectomy treatment for assisting babies to latch on to the breast.
Tongue ties and lip ties that don't interfere with feeding may need surgical treatment later on for other reasons. For example, a tongue tie may cause a speech impediment by preventing a child from making sounds that involve touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth. A lip tie may cau...
Breastfeeding improvement following tongue-tie and lip-tie release: a prospective cohort study. Laryngoscope. 2017;127(5):1217-23.Ghaheri BA, Cole M, Fausel S, et al. Breastfeeding improve- ment following tongue-tie and lip-tie release: A prospective cohort study. Laryngoscope 2016:doi: ...
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What is tongue-tie?Tongue-tie occurs when the thin piece of skin under the baby's tongue (the lingual frenulum) is very short and restricts the movement of the tongue. The tongue is not free or mobile enough for the baby to attach properly to the breast. Tongue-tie occurs in about 5%...
To raise awareness on World Teen Mental Wellness Day, we welcome our guest blogger Claudia who shares her experiences of mental health and self-care. Ellamae’s Story 17 Nov 2022 We introduce our guest blogger, Ellamae, who was born with a bilateral cleft lip and tongue tie. She sha...
In fact, the tie may be circular in fashion. This means that while language ability affects lipreading, the latter is a contributing factor in language acquisition. The ATLR was designed to obtain normative data about the development of the lipreading ability among normal-hearing Arabic-speaking...