There are disadvantages to clipping a tongue, as with any medical procedure. These risks include: Bleeding Damage to the tongue or the glands that make saliva Infection A frenuloplasty can also lead to scarring that affects the tongue's movement. And your child could have a reaction to the...
Cultural beliefs were that all babies should have routine clipping of the frenulum at birth (48.8%). 154 (61.6%) believed treatment should be between ages 0-1 month. Ninety two (36.8%) mothers had had babies treated for tongue tie, mostly by nurses either using scissors (40; 43.5%) or...