Surgery for tongue-tie has exploded in the last 20 years, driven mainly by parental awareness and demand. Many doctors feel that the surgery is often not needed. On the other hand, a review of five clinical trials found that frenotomy was associated with breastfeeding improvements. More resear...
When tongue-tie is thought to create breastfeeding difficulties, doctors can conduct a minor surgery called a frenotomy to snip the tissue and increase range of motion, though there has recently been some debate in pediatric medicine that this procedure is overprescribed. San Diego Union-Tribune,...
If you have an older child with a tongue tie, which is a better procedure for treatment, a lingual frenectomy or frenuloplasty? Here is what you need to know about these two procedures. What Is a Tongue Tie? Ankyloglossia, more commonly known as “tied tongue or a tongue tie,” is ...
shoulder surgery was performed in the lateral decubitus position with a traction apparatus. Postoperative nerve injuries to the brachial plexus were reported and largely attributed to the traction apparatus [12]. In the beach chair position, a ...
Surgery is not necessary for every tongue tie. Most cases that have a release without therapy end up worse than they started due to scar tissue. The tongue muscles need to be retrained and conditioned so the ligament doesn't reattach. Post therapy ensures minimal to no scar tissue at all....
professionals have long highlighted. As revealed byCambridge City Dental, one Australian woman recounted how a six-year-long ring gave way to an abscess under her tongue that required surgery. Another woman, meanwhile, noted inBustlethat her speech pattern changed enough for her to ditch the ...
Intra- and Inter-Investigator Reliability of Measurement of Lip-Seal Strength in Adults. Bull. Tokyo Dent. Coll. 2019, 60, 81–88. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version] Oki, T.; Ohta, M.; Takano, T.; Sakurai, K.; Ueda, T. Effective training duration and frequency for lip-...
Alarger studyof children aged two to four found no difference between the speech or tongue movement of tongue-tiedchildrenwho had surgery as an infant and those who didn't. Therefore, surgery isnotrecommendedfor babies with tongue-tie during infancy, with the sole aim of improving speech later...