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...
Sep 10, 2020 | Tongue Tie Terminology, Tongue-Tie Tips
Last week we discussed how to check an infant for a tongue-tie. Young children are typically more difficult to check for a tongue-tie, but this age group can often have incredible results if it is released properly and fully, and aftercare exercises and stretches are...
Aug 25, 2020 | Tongue-Tie Tips
How to Check an Infant for a Lip-Tie and Tongue-Tie Properly Many dentists are asked to evaluate infants for a lip-tie or tongue-tie by concerned parents, but we were never trained in school how to do this. Although it’s too much to cover in one post, I’ll give you...
Aug 17, 2020 | Tongue Tie Terminology, Tongue-Tie Tips
What is a “posterior” tongue-tie? We are taught in school that a tongue-tie is when the tongue is tied down to the tip. This is what pediatricians, dentists, speech, pathologists are taught. We are then taught that it rarely causes problems, or only affects speech a...
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...
