Oct 5, 2020 | Tongue-Tie Procedure, Tongue-Tie Tips
We hear patients ask this question commonly, and there may be some confusion about it because some providers say that stretches are not needed, or are “overkill”. The worst part of having your child’s tongue-tie release is the stretches (because we...
Sep 28, 2020 | Tongue-Tie Procedure, Tongue-Tie Tips
Let’s go over the different tool types and the pros/cons of each. I hope this is informative for those looking to start performing these procedures, or for parents who are choosing a provider for their child. Tongue-ties have been performed for millennia, but it’s...
Sep 19, 2020 | Tongue-Tie Procedure, Tongue-Tie Tips
How To Treat a Tongue-Tie Properly Clearly, there is more to treatment than can fit in one post, but here are the highlights. (To get the full story, we’re now giving free digital access to our bestselling book Tongue-Tied to dentists and therapists.) First, you must...
Jul 31, 2020 | Tongue-Tie Procedure, Tongue-Tie Tips
Tongue-Tie Tips #1 Hello everyone! I am going to be posting pearls every week to help you identify patients with tongue restrictions, and in the coming weeks will be explaining how we examine, diagnose, and treat these conditions in our office. In our first of this...
Aug 25, 2019 | Tongue-Tie Myths, Tongue-Tie Procedure
Read the first four myths here. Myth #5: “The tongue-tie will stretch, or the child will fall and break it, so it doesn’t need to be treated.” That would be nice if it just stretched out, so we could “wait and see.” Unfortunately, this is not...
Aug 14, 2019 | Latest Research, Tongue-Tie Myths, Tongue-Tie Procedure, Uncategorized
Myth #1: “They will just laser everyone.” First off, we do not use a lightsaber! We use an ultra-precise surgical CO2 laser that looks like a pen and doesn’t even touch the tissue. It removes tissue layer by layer, and allows us to see all the...
