While many pediatric doctors and dentists are familiar with tongue-tie, lip-tie can hide beneath the upper lip in plain sight. Our lip-tie specialist in Tampa suggests that we flip the lip when looking at infants with feeding problems to determine if a lip-tie is the cause. In this blog post, our Tampa Tongue Tie Center…
Did you know that where your tongue rests in your mouth is important? Where does your tongue rest? In the middle of your mouth, down your mandible, or resting on your palate? It may surprise you to learn that your tongue should be resting entirely on your palate or the roof of your mouth when…
As dental professionals, we find ourselves informing first-time parents of the importance of their own oral health throughout pregnancy and the oral health of their little ones often. However, what is overlooked by a lot of us is asking how the baby is really doing overall. Is the baby sleeping through the night? Are the…
Tongue-tie can cause problems for both baby and mother, including trouble with breastfeeding, fussiness, and acid reflux. Luckily our team at Tampa Tongue Tie Center can offer a simple solution. Read more to find out if your child has a tongue tie and learn how to resolve it. What is a Tongue-Tie? A tongue-tie is…
Breastfeeding is a seemingly simple and natural task, but it doesn’t always come that easy. One of the reasons that babies have challenges regarding breastfeeding is because of an extra piece of tissue underneath their tongues. This condition is known as a tongue-tie and can make breastfeeding extra challenging for both mother and baby. If…
Being tongue-tied isn’t always just a figure of speech. Sometimes it’s an issue that can make it harder to learn to speak in the first place. In infants a tongue tie is an anatomical variation technically called ankyloglossia. Ankyloglossia is not itself a health risk, but it can interfere with an infant’s speech development and…
An infant is “tongue-tied” when their frenulum — that piece of tissue that connects her tongue to the bottom of her mouth — is so tight, thick or short that it restricts the tongue’s range of motion. While a tongue-tie is not itself a harmful medical condition, an infant with less than ideal tongue motion…
Many infants with a lip tie show no symptoms at all. Some of the most common symptoms associated with lip tie relate to their breastfeeding behaviour and the impact of breastfeeding on the mother. Even those breastfeeding-related symptoms, though, are somewhat ambiguous since the presence of breastfeeding-related symptoms may not indicate the presence of any…
Every developing fetus has a small piece of tissue that connects its tongue to the bottom of its mouth. That piece of tissue is called the lingual frenulum. In the vast majority of cases, that lingual frenulum detaches all on its own before the baby is born. In a small minority of cases, though —…
The birth of a baby is a real-life miracle that brings joy and happiness into the lives of its parents. Along with joy, there is also the element of fear and excitement over the birthing procedure. However, to ensure that the health of the baby is in perfect shape after it starts its life outside…