Lip frenulum (lip tie) is when the tissue attaching your lip and gums is too tight, causing movement problems. Learn about the causes, symptoms of lip tie, and more.
A lip tie is when the upper lip is attached to the gums and prevents lip movement. Learn more about the signs of a lip tie and how it is corrected.
Lip-ties happen when the piece of tissue behind the upper lip is too short and tight. Learn more about lip-tie in babies and how it can affect breastfeeding.
What Is Tongue-Tie? Tongue-tie, also known as ankyloglossia, is a condition some babies are... 1800x1200_tongue_tie_bigbead With tongue-tie, an unusually short, thick, or tight band of...
Learn more about baby lip-ties, what they are, and whether or not they'll cause problems for your newborn.
A baby with a lip tie has difficulty breastfeeding or bottle-feeding due to restricted movement of their gums. Find out how surgical frenotomy helps.
Lip tie occurs when the soft tissue that attaches the upper lip to the upper gum interferes with breastfeeding. Learn how to spot and treat lip tie.
A lip tie can make nursing challenging, and create issues with weight gain in newborn babies. This condition isn't hard to spot, and is simple to treat. Here's how.
“It was touted as this miracle cure,” said Ms. Merrell, a high school soccer coach in Boise, Idaho. Ms. Henstrom recommended a dentist, who in December 2017 cut under the baby’s tongue with a laser. Within days, the infant, Eleanor, was refusing to eat and had become dangerously dehydrated, medical records show. She spent her first Christmas on a feeding tube. For centuries, midwives and doctors have been cutting such “tongue-ties” to ease breastfeeding. But the procedure’s popularit...
A 2016 study found that surgical release of tongue or lip tie, and more specifically, posterior tongue-tie, resulted in improvements in maternal and infant breastfeeding outcomes....