Background The presence of a tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) in an infant may lead to breastfeeding difficulties, but debate continues about which babies should be treated with frenotomy. The Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool (BTAT), a clear and simple evaluation of the severity of tongue-tie, is being used worldwide and translated into different languages. We aimed to produce a simple picture version
The Posterior Tongue Tie and Feeding Challenges. By. Melanie Potock MA. May 26, 2015. In a March 2015 post titled Just Flip the Lip, we explored how the band of tissue or “frenum” that attaches the upper lip to gum tissue can affect feeding development if the frenum is too restrictive. Today, we’ll focus on the lingual frenal attachmentTongue-tie, by definition, is an embryological remnant of connective tissue underneath the tongue that failed to recede by apoptosis that adversely impacts and tongue function. Its definition is a
Tongue-tie was identified in 645 infants (46.3%), of which 453 were symptomatic (70.2%). Thus, clinically significant ankyloglossia was present in 32.5% of the neonates born in 2018. Their
Tongue-tie pada bayi hingga saat ini belum diketahui penyebabnya dan tidak bisa dicegah. Namun, jika Bunda melihat adanya tanda-tanda tongue-tie pada bayi yang berakibat bayi sulit menyusu hingga sulit makan dan terlambat bicara, jangan ragu untuk segera berkonsultasi ke dokter anak untuk mendapatkan penanganan yang tepat. Sumber . WebMD. 2022.
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