Objective Infants with posterior tongue-tie (PTT) can have substantial difficulty with
breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. This study aimed to address the dearth in investigational …

Objectives A programme was introduced in Canterbury, New Zealand to evaluate the
diagnosis and treatment of frenulum releases in newborn infants with suspected tongue-tie …

Objectives Recent studies have shown an association between ankyloglossia (tongue tie)
and upper-lip ties to breastfeeding difficulties. Treatment is commonly multidisciplinary …

Trial design A randomised, parallel group, pragmatic trial. Setting A large UK maternity
hospital. Participants Term infants< 2 weeks old with a mild or moderate degree of tongue …

Background: Infant tongue-tie can cause breastfeeding problems, which may be improved
by frenotomy. However, controversy exists among the medical community. Research aim: To …

Treatment of tongue-tie in infants suggests improvements for breastfeeding mothers,
including reduced nipple pain and improved latching onto the breast. The effects of …

Aim To evaluate clinical manifestations of tongue‐tie as well as short‐term and long‐term
outcomes following frenotomy. Methods In this retrospective study, for 329 patients (295 …

Aims Currently there is debate on how best to manage young infants with tongue-tie who
have breastfeeding problems. One of the challenges is the subjectivity of the outcome …

Introduction The diagnosis of ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, and the number of frenotomies
performed has increased over 10-fold from 1997 to 2012 in the United States. The sharpest …

Consider treatment when the infant is having difficulty breastfeeding. Infants with mild to
moderate tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia, are likely to breastfeed successfully and usually …