Guest guest Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 I have a patient handout by Larry Kotlow, DDS that he shared with the summit committee I'm on, so I just emailed him to ask his permission to share with this group. I did not find it on his website and it is excellent. He offers parents the option of tongue lift and pressure on either side of the frenotomy site with index fingers on each side, pushing back and up or use of a tongue blade. There can be bleeding but the whole idea is to heal from within and not have scar tissue form. The moms I work with post frenotomy do not tend to follow thru on exercises of stretching or even tongue strengthening, or at least don't do it regularly and consistently, often because they say baby doesn't like it. Most of my cases are tongue tie, posterior, and only a few have had to have another clipping. I think the regrowth of restrictive tissue is a problem though. Barbara Latterner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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