Aim To produce a simple tool with good transferability to provide a consistent assessment of
tongue appearance and function in infants with tongue-tie. Methods The Bristol Tongue …

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 …

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 …

Objective: To review the presenting features of tongue‐tie in childhood and indications for
frenulotomy, drawing conclusions from a retrospective study of patients encountered in …

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 …

Objective: To review the first 12 months of assessment and release of lingual frenulum
(frenotomy) at a breast‐feeding clinic in a tertiary maternity hospital (August 2002 to end of …

Background About 3% of infants are born with a tongue-tie which may lead to breastfeeding
problems such as ineffective latch, painful attachment or poor weight gain. The Hazelbaker …

It is unclear how effective tongue‐tie classification assessment tools are in diagnosing
symptomatic tongue‐tie and fulfilling lingual frenectomy criteria. The purpose of this …

There is no universally accepted definition of tongue-tie or ankyloglossia, but it may be
described as a congenital abnormality of the lingual frenulum that limits the range of …

Aim We evaluated what determined breastfeeding problems in a non‐selected mother‐
infant cohort, with special reference to tongue‐tie and improvements in breastfeeding …