{"id":230,"date":"2017-12-12T09:50:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakeareapds.com\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2018-02-14T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:10:45","slug":"lip-and-tongue-tie-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lakeareapds.com\/lip-and-tongue-tie-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Lip and Tongue Tie Release"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The medical and dental communities are becoming increasingly more aware of the speech and feeding difficulties associated with tongue and lip ties in infants and children.\u00a0 Dr. Robinson has been providing laser frenectomies (lip and tongue tie release) for patients below one year of age in-office with great results. Based on age and cooperation level, patients over the age of two years old are also candidates for the procedure either in the office or under general anesthesia.<\/p>\n

We are pleased that so many physicians, lactation consultants, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists in our area have been receptive to the emerging research and have chosen Lake Area Pediatric Dental Specialists to remove this barrier to successful speech and feeding through frenectomy.\u00a0 We love seeing these families and hearing the success stories![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”239″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In order to better serve our patients and allow for a more successful release, these are some guidelines that we have set in place:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Lake Area Pediatric Dental Specialists has partnered with Magnolia Pediatric Therapy\u2019s licensed speech-language pathologists to perform a functional assessment prior to scheduling a patient for the procedure to ensure the tie(s) is contributing to dysfunction, as well as the ability to achieve optimal oral function after the release. Feeding and speech are motor learning skills, so release alone is not enough, the patient will need follow up care to train proper function, as well as implementation for active wound management.<\/li>\n
  2. Lake Area Pediatric Dental Specialists does not provide laser lip\/tongue tie frenectomies for aesthetic purposes. The patient must have a documented functional problem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please visit these websites for more about lip and tongue tie, aftercare, and additional suck training to improve procedure success.<\/strong><\/p>\n