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Lingual frenulum: Quantitative evaluation proposal
The purpose of this study was to establish a quantitative method to classify lingual frenulum as normal and altered. Methods: 98 people were included in this study. All measurements were made with maxium opening of the mouth. A digital caliper was used to measure the length of the frenulum under three conditions: a) with the tongue tip on the ...
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Ankyloglossia: Surgical management and functional rehabilitation of tongue
Ankyloglossia or “tongue-tie” is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by an abnormally short, thick, fibrosed lingual frenulum which may cause restriction in function of tongue including limitation in tongue movement.
Shadab Khan +2 more
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Ankyloglossia, commonly known as tongue-tie, is the most common disorder of tongue morphology characterized by aberrant attachment of the lingual frenum.
Iwona Murias +6 more
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Posterior lingual frenulum in infants: occurrence and maneuver for visual inspection
Purpose: to verify the occurrence of posterior or submucosal lingual frenulum and evaluate the efficiency of a special maneuver for its visual inspection.
Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli +2 more
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PERAWATAN PADA PASIEN ANKYLOGLOSSIA
Background: Ankyloglossia (tongue tie) is a congenital aberration characterized by a thick, toned, or short frenulum that causes limited tongue movement. Lingual frenectomy is performed for the treatment of patients with ankyloglossia.
Henry Mandalas, Widya .
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Lingual frenulum: classification and speech interference
Purpose: To propose a classification of the different lingual frenulum and to relate them to speech disorders. Methods: We evaluated 1402 patients’ frenulum with an age range of 5 years 8 months to 62 years 10 months between 1978 and 2002. Pictures were taken of the altered frenulum.
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Poster 2: Posterior lingual frenulum and breastfeeding
Introduction: The literature refers to ankyloglossia as anterior, when the lingual frenulum is visible, and posterior, when the frenulum is not visible. Posterior ankyloglossia is sometimes referred to as a submucosal tongue-tie.
Roberta Martinelli +2 more
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What is tongue-tie and does it interfere with breast-feeding? – a brief review
The most common symptom attributed to ankyloglossia is difficulty breast feeding due to poor latch, inefficient milk extraction and/or maternal nipple pain.
Stephen M. Borowitz
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This illustration synthesizes the methods and conclusion of this study, demonstrating that the transfer of mosaic embryos following reimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy does not increase the risk to postnatal health. ABSTRACT Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has increased the detection of mosaic embryos during preimplantation genetic testing ...
Lili Chen +10 more
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The effects of frenotomy on breastfeeding
Although the interference of tongue-tie with breastfeeding is a controversial subject, The use of lingual frenotomy has been widely indicated by health professionals.
Roberta Lopes de Castro MARTINELLI +4 more
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