Tongue-tie is more than a just a metaphor for stumbling over your words. It’s an actual oral condition that can impact many things from breastfeeding to your airway, from speech to dental health.

A lingual frenectomy is performed when the lingual frenulum restricts tongue movement. Children with tongue-ties may struggle ...

Breastfeeding your newborn might seem like a natural thing, but it doesn’t always come naturally or easily to you or baby. One reason some babies might have more difficulty breastfeeding is because of ...

Tongue tie surgery involves separating the lining that connects the mouth to the tongue, known as the frenulum. It is a surgery to treat tongue tie, which is when the frenulum is unusually short or ...

When Chrissy Teigen’s 3-year-old daughter, Luna, was an infant, a doctor diagnosed her with tongue-tie. Teigen was shocked. A few days earlier, she had brushed off an Instagram follower who suggested ...

A recent New York Times article called attention to the business of surgical procedures for tongue and lip ties and the increased use of the procedure to help babies, particularly when it comes to ...

Got a tongue? Then you may be interested to learn about tongue-tie, a condition that affects nearly five percent of newborns, according to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It’s very likely that ...

Tongue tie or ankyloglossia is when the strip of skin that connects the tongue to the bottom of the mouth is shorter than usual. Tongue tie is a condition that occurs at birth and the issues it leads ...

Is a procedure aimed at fixing breastfeeding complications a medical necessity, or trendy diagnosis? Ear, nose and throat surgeon Heather Nardone has one gloved finger, knuckle deep in baby Maxwell’s ...

The little band of tissue under the tongue, known as the lingual frenulum, has become a source of heated discussions, and even angry arguments, in social media settings, parent groups, and in ...

A new report from the American Academy of Pedatrics suggests tongue-tie or ankyloglossia may be overly diagnosed in babies and children. automation A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

When Kimberly Sheldon was 47, she says made the biggest mistake of her life. That was in 2018, when she says that a dentist explained to her that cutting the tissue under her tongue would help her jaw ...