{"id":42,"date":"2024-02-27T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fgcontent.wpengine.com\/eastmadisondentalenglewood\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2024-03-11T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:20:46","slug":"tongue-lip-cheek-ties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emdental.com\/englewood-nj\/our-services\/oral-surgery\/tongue-lip-cheek-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Tongue, Lip, & Cheek Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for the best place for your child to undergo a comfortable laser frenectomy, tongue tie, lip tie, or cheek tie in Englewood, NJ?<\/p>\n

Tongue ties, lip ties, and cheek ties are also known as tethered oral tissues, sometimes called TOTS. Ties are caused by a frenum, a fibrous tissue that connects and holds other tissues in place. Sometimes a frenum might be short, thick, or tight and might extend too far down along the tongue, gum, palate, or cheeks to result in a tongue tie, lip tie, or cheek tie. When a frenum is positioned to interfere with normal function or constrict the movement of the tongue, lips, or cheeks, it can be corrected by an oral surgery<\/a> called a frenectomy.<\/p>\n

Our treatment philosophy at East Madison Dental Englewood is symptom-driven, meaning will only perform a frenectomy if our dentists detect an impediment to tongue function.<\/p>\n

Tongue Ties<\/h3>\n

\"youngTongue-tie is caused by a lingual frenulum (the membrane under the tongue) that is either too short or too thick. For a newborn, a tongue-tie can make breastfeeding difficult for the infant and painful for the mother because the lip\u2019s or tongue\u2019s limited movement prevents the infant from properly latching on.<\/p>\n

An infant experiencing tongue tie may have symptoms like:<\/p>\n