Ankyloglossia and Its Management- Need for Standardised Guidelines
Hemanth Kowdley Subrahmanyam *
Department of ENT, Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ, UK.
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Abstract
With increasing diagnosis of ankyloglossia, the need for uniformity in diagnostic criteria and treatment decisions like frenotomy or frenuloplasty has come to the fore. Involvement of multidisciplinary healthcare providers who use various non-standardised resources and tools in the assessment and decision making is debatable. Effects of ankyloglossia on breast feeding, speech and sleep are discussed in this article following review of available high quality evidence based literature.
Keywords: Ankyloglossia, lingual frenulum, tongue tie, frenotomy