Does Your Baby Need a Laser Frenectomy Dentist to Alleviate Tongue-Tie?
If you are among the growing number of parents concerned about tongue and lip-tie, a congenital condition that can diminish your infant’s ability to feed properly, laser frenectomy may provide you with the solution you have been searching for. Laser frenectomy is an in-office procedure that removes the webbing (frenulum) that restricts the tongue or lip, without scalpels or sutures.
Tongue or lip-tie can present itself uniquely from person to person and can, therefore, go largely undiagnosed and untreated. The webbing that binds the tongue or lip can be mildly to severely limiting, creating nutritional and digestive issues. While you may realize that the individual isn’t gaining weight or is suffering from reflux, you may be unaware that tongue-tie is the underlying source of the problem. Becoming familiar with the indications of decreased tongue mobility is the first step to improving your or your child’s health. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Mason O. Miner, a laser frenectomy dentist, if the following symptoms occur:
Baby's Signs and Symptoms:
- Fall off of breast frequently
- Falls asleep within minutes on the breast
- Gassy/hiccups often after feeding, colic, reflux, vomiting
- Shallow latch, clicking or smacking sounds
- Gumming the nipple
- Lips do not flange
- Milk blister in middle of upper lip
- Low weight gain
- Frequent feedings/not being satisfied
- Gulps when takes a bottle
- Refusing the breast, prefers the bottle
- Unable to hold pacifier
Mom's Signs and Symptoms:
- Pain while nursing
- Blanching, cracked, bruised, blistered nipple
- Bleeding nipples
- Infected nipples, plugged ducts, mastitis, nipple thrush
- Creased, flattened
- Breasts not being emptied
- Maternal exhaustion, feeling emotionally defeated or depression (postpartum depression?)
- Lack of mother / infant connection/bond