Tongue Tie Release Laser Surgery

Ben sutter dmd of eugene or uses a lightscalpel co 2 laser to release a tongue tie frenectomy on a young man who was kind enough to share his procedure and post procedure follow up footage.

Tongue tie release laser surgery.

For your safety you won t be able to stay in the room during tongue tie surgery. Tongue tie ankyloglossia occurs when the band of tissue frenulum that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth is abnormally short tight or thick. 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. Interference with feeding in infants.

Tongue tie is generally diagnosed in childhood and symptoms include. 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. Richard baxter dmd ms uses his lightscalpel co2 laser to perform a tongue and lip tie release frenectomy on a 3 week old infant. During the frenectomy there was minimal bleeding due to the co 2 laser beam s unique ability to cut and coagulate soft tissue simultaneously.

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. 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. Tongue tie release by laser surgery. We ll ask you to be in the.

If necessary tongue tie can be treated with a surgical cut to release the frenulum frenotomy. Laser surgery removes excess tissue in the mouth for infants children teens or adults. Both topical and local anesthetics were used. 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.

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