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Exploring Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, to Improve Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Children Under 2 Years of Age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: The UK, like many other countries, is struggling to achieve two of the Global Nutrition Targets, namely increasing exclusive breastfeeding and halting the rise of childhood obesity.
Adegboye, A.R.A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Pre- and Post-Operative Care Protocol for Infants with Tongue-Tie: Clinical and Caregiver Perspectives

open access: yesInternational Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy
Purpose: Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie (TT) occurs when the lingual frenulum is visually altered and accompanied by restricted tongue mobility causing feeding and other difficulties for infants.
Thea Cook   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of Various Laser Wavelengths in the Surgical Treatment of Ankyloglossia: A Systematic Review

open access: yesLife, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Controversy Over Tongue-Tie: Divisions in the Community of Healthcare Professionals

open access: yesMedical Anthropology, 2022
While recent decades have seen a rapid rise in cases of infant tongue-tie and in surgery to correct it, a controversy is now raging over the condition. Opinion is especially divided over so-called posterior tongue-tie, a variant which is detected based ...
Maria Larrain, E. Stevenson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Labial ankyloglossia: A rare case report

open access: yesContemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2016
Tongue-tie or ankyloglossia is the congenital short thick lingual frenulum resulting in reduced mobility of the tongue. It limits the possibilities of the extension such as the protrusion and elevation of the tip of the tongue due to either the short of ...
Rakesh Namdeo Bahadure   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breastfeeding Symptom Resolution After Sequential Labial–Lingual Frenectomies: A Case Report

open access: yesCase Reports in Pediatrics
Conclusion: This single case study provides a valuable starting point for the exploration of which dysfunctional breastfeeding symptoms are associated with a labial tie versus lingual tie.
Raymond J. Tseng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Frenectomy Procedure on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Structural restrictions from tongue-tie are associated with altered sucking and decreased self-efficacy in breastfeeding mothers. Frenectomy is a procedure to correct tongue-tie by detaching the frenulum.
Chenge, Mary
core   +1 more source

Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bifid tongue - a case report

open access: yesNational Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2013
Disturbance in the organogenesis of tongue might lead to some malformations like tongue tie, bifid tongue and micro - macroglossia. These anomalies may cause speech impairment and social problems.
Umesh K Kulkarni, Deepali U Kulkarni
doaj   +1 more source

Callers’ attitudes and experiences of UK breastfeeding helpline support [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Breastfeeding peer support, is considered to be a key intervention for increasing breastfeeding duration rates. Whilst a number of national organisations provide telephone based breastfeeding peer support, to date there have been no ...
A Oakley   +33 more
core   +1 more source

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