Tongue Tie Release Laser Surgery

Tongue tie ankyloglossia is a condition in which an unusually short thick or tight band of tissue lingual frenulum tethers the bottom of the tongue s tip to the floor of the mouth.

Tongue tie release laser surgery.

For your safety you won t be able to stay in the room during tongue tie surgery. Tongue tie introduction ankyloglossia â or tongue tie occurs in patients whose lingual frenum is short and tight resulting in decreased mobility of the tongue. The benefits of tongue tie and lip tie laser surgery can positively affect your child s health including increasing the ability to successfully breastfeed as well as prevent possible dental problems associated with these anomalies. We ll ask you to be in the.

Laser surgery removes excess tissue in the mouth for infants children teens or adults. While the existence of tongue tie ankyloglossia has never been questioned the decision on whether surgery is an appropriate treatment has been the subject of many debates. Tongue tie release by laser surgery. Both of the restrictiv.

If necessary tongue tie can be treated with a surgical cut to release the frenulum frenotomy. Tongue tie is generally diagnosed in childhood and symptoms include. Even today the literature available tends to focus on different aspects depending on whether the author is a dentist lactation consultant speech language pathologist. Simply put a laser release is the use of an all tissue hand held laser to detach the frenum connective tissue webbing from the upper lip or tongue by a trained dentist.

We have to follow laser safety guidelines however you can feel peace of mind knowing that the tongue tie procedure typically only takes 1 to 2 minutes. Both topical and local anesthetics were used. The laser cauterizes as it cuts to reduce pain bleeding and recovery time. Interference with feeding in infants.

Richard baxter dmd ms uses his lightscalpel co2 laser to perform a tongue and lip tie release frenectomy on a 3 week old infant.