We receive some form of this question daily in our office after parents realize their child has a restricted tongue that is causing the family struggles. It hasn’t been identified previously, or they asked their trusted provider and received no information or even...
We were featured in this article about a frustrated mom’s tongue-tie struggles yesterday. (The “female doctor”, is me, they got confused…) Here’s a quick note to dentists and providers. Always listen to mom’s story. She will tell...
General Anesthesia (GA) is not needed to treat a tongue-tie in babies (or kids or adults for that matter!) This patient came to us yesterday and told us that their ENT said they would need a barium swallow and would need to have the procedure completed under GA due to...
The answer is “It depends…” We get asked this question via email all the time, and it’s a common question on Facebook groups, or just in clinical practice. There are three possible diagnoses when you look in the mouth: 1. Normal frenum (if no...
There are 7 frena in the mouth, and four of them are in the cheeks, and referred to as “buccal frena.”A frenum is considered a “tie” (tongue-tie, lip-tie) when it causes a problem. Otherwise, it is a “normal frenum. So a buccal tie is an...
