Lip & Tongue Tie Treatment – Newark, CA
Liberate Your Child’s Tongue from Excessive Tissue
Lip and tongue ties are common issues among infants, and they can lead to issues like breastfeeding difficulties, eating problems, and speech impediments. That’s why the team at Newpark Mall Family Dental Group is trained and equipped to provide effective lip and tongue tie treatments that can improve the range of movement in your child’s tongue. Here’s a brief guide to how we diagnose and treat lip and tongue ties at our Newark office.
Why Choose Newpark Mall Family Dental Group for Lip & Tongue Tie Treatment?
- Protect Your Child’s Oral and Overall Health
- Soft Tissue Lasers Render Treatment Painless
- Skilled and Compassionate Pediatric Dentist
How Do Lip and Tongue Ties Develop?
A lip or tongue tie results from the frenum, which is the strip of tissue attaching the base of the lip to the gums or the root of the tongue to the floor of the mouth, being too thick for the child’s mouth. This excessive tissue will inhibit the tongue or lip’s ability to move, which can make feeding difficult and cause frequent discomfort. A few signs of a lip or tongue tie include difficulty with or falling asleep while breastfeeding, digestive issues like colic or reflux, and trouble holding a pacifier in the mouth. Mothers feeding infants with lip or tongue ties may experience pain when nursing or symptoms like flattened, creased, blistered, or cut nipples, clogged milk ducts (mastitis), or difficulty producing sufficient amounts of milk.
Why Is It Important to Treat Lip & Tongue Ties?
An untreated lip or tongue tie can lead to a range of developmental issues like:
- Speech delays or impediments
- Digestive issues like acid reflux
- Trouble breathing
- Holding the head and neck in a forward position
- Teeth grinding.
These problems can make it difficult for a child to eat properly and may hinder their ability to socialize at school by interfering with the development of their speaking skills.
Lip & Tongue Tie Treatment
At Newpark Mall Family Dental Group, we use soft tissue lasers to painlessly remove excessive frenum tissue and improve the range of movement within your child’s mouth. Recovering from this procedure is relatively brief, and it typically results in minimal bleeding since the laser cauterizes the surgical area as the problematic tissue is removed. This also helps reduce the risk of infection since the wound will not be left open. The best way to find out how your child’s lip or tongue tie can be treated is to schedule a consultation at our office.