I am at TUFTS, Doing Pediatric dental sleep medicine. Isn’t a dentist’s job to drill and fill teeth? So, what lead me here helping children sleep better? In the last decade, I chose the path of prevention. My journey began with search to prevent crooked…
This is a picture of tongue and lip tie work in a toddler before and after, baby L visited few months before with issues in chewing, eating and swallowing. Children with tongue ties and lip ties may develop eating problems over the course of their…
Uncompensated – Extended – Exclusive breastfeeding (minimum till 2 years of age WHO) is an essential process to ensure an optimal craniofacial maxillomandibular growth. In simple terms breast is the first functional appliance (appliance used to straighten teeth and develop proper airways). So what can…
Tongue tie release in infant & children is not see and cut . Functional breastfeeding is achieved after preparation of the child and optimisation of the time of release. . WE follow a protocol that has stages before and after release to achieve the best…
The tongue’s resting posture up the palate in an infant post tongue tie release . At WE , we call it N spot, the point the tip of the tongue rests while pronouncing the alphabet N. . This position is necessary for the following reasons…
Tongue Tie – The big scam I have almost every patient that I consult come back to tell this!! What is a frenum ? It is a small fold of mucous or fascia that secures or attaches an organ in the body to near by…
