My 6-week-old nephew is going to have a "tongue release" to help him breastfeed. Is oral surgery on a tiny baby really the best way to solve this problem? Dear Jackson, I can understand your concern: The thought of a newborn undergoing surgery can be a scary one. But let me assur...
CCRPDivision of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck SurgeryThe LaryngoscopeGhaheri BA, Cole M, Fausel SC, Chuop M, Mace JC. Breastfeeding improvement following tongue-tie and lip-tie release: a prospective cohort study. Laryngoscope 2017;127:1217-23....
Lip tie occurs when the soft tissue that attaches the upper lip to the upper gum interferes with breastfeeding. Learn how to spot and treat lip tie.
My name is Claudia, and I am 20 years old; I was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. I was discharged from cleft treatment during the pandemic and re-admitted a year later for another surgery. But being discharged was such a weird time in my life, and I was not sure how ...
Findings: As subsequent speech assessmentshowed hyponasal speech, velo-pharyngeal insufficiency corrective surgery together with surgical tonguetie release and surgical repair of the median cleft lower lip were offered. The parents needed more time tothink about it. Conclusions: This case report ...
Keywords: GD; lip repositioning; lip surgery; gummy smile; lip length; LipStaT® 1. Introduction People are increasingly being inspired to get more corrective and cosmetic surgeries as an esthetic smile becomes a more fundamental component of what it means to be beautiful. There are several ...
This study was conducted with Operation Smile (OS), an internationally recognized not-for-profit that has been providing free cleft surgery and related care to patients for over 40 years. The methods of this study have been published in-depth previously [31,76]. Data for the current analysis...