Tongue & Lip Tie

Tongue and lip-tie is a condition in which the center of the tongue has difficulty rising from the floor of the mouth because the tissue (lingual frenulum) that attaches the tongue’s tip to the floor of the mouth is unusually short, thick or tight. While tongue and lip-tie is not always easily visible in infants, some more obvious symptoms for babies include:

• Difficulty latching and sucking
• Inadequate weight gain or weight loss
• Gas and reflux
• Irritability or colic
• Fatigue or falling asleep shortly after beginning nursing
• Difficulty staying latched while nursing
• Coughing, choking or making strange noises while nursing

If you believe your child has tongue and lip-tie, please don’t hesitate to give Dental Town a call. We can assess your child’s oral health and help you determine the best treatment solution to meet their needs. Our experienced providers can perform a quick and relatively painless frenotomy to correct tongue and lip-ties. Recovery from surgery is often very fast and most babies can nurse immediately afterwards.