1. Problems caused by children's short tongue. Too short a tongue strap will cause difficulties in breastfeeding and abnormal pronunciation, and of course there are problems such as oral hygiene. It will also affect the baby's breastfeeding. As a result, sucking is not effective, and it takes a long time and has a high frequency, which not only consumes a lot of physical strength, but also does not eat enough breast milk, and the weight gain will be unsatisfactory. Mother will feel nipple pain when breastfeeding, and even the nipple will crack repeatedly. In addition, older children will have a lisp. The language development of children with short lingual frenulum is actually normal, but it is not clear.
In the neonatal period, the lingual frenulum is mostly in a "tense state", and the expression of "the lingual frenulum is too short" is mostly a temporary physiological phenomenon. If there is no difficulty in breastfeeding in the neonatal period, it is not advisable to blindly correct the lingual frenulum at an early stage.
2. The difference between children with short tongue surgery If it affects the normal life of the baby, it is necessary to treat it. Surgery is needed to solve the problem that the lingual frenum is too short. Generally speaking, the operation has two time points. One is the time point that affects breastfeeding. Usually, children should have surgery within 6 months.
The second is the time point that affects pronunciation, which is usually about 4 years old. At present, there are two most common surgical methods: "Tongue frenotomy" and "Tongue frenoplasty". "Tongue incision" is basically a simple "cutting" of the lingual frenum, and surgery rarely causes obvious bleeding. It only takes a few minutes to stop the bleeding, so that the child can breastfeed. This kind of operation has fewer complications. "Tongue frenoplasty" is mainly used in cases where "tongue frenotomy" can't solve the problem or the tongue frenum is too thick. Tongue frenoplasty is more complicated than tongue frenotomy. It is necessary to carry out tongue training after operation to improve the range of motion of the tongue after operation and reduce the scar problem.