If the baby's tongue sticks out a little bit on the tip of the tongue, you need to consider whether the tongue strap is too short. Tongue frenum refers to the connective tissue part connecting the mucosa at the bottom of the mouth and the tongue. For some people, the tongue strap is too short, which will affect the activity of the tongue. The most obvious performance is that the tongue can't stick out of the mouth, or when it stretches forward, a W-shaped appearance can be seen in front of the tongue. These patients may also be unable to lick the palate with their own tongues. For patients with too short lingual frenulum, due to the traction of soft tissue, it is likely that when the tongue moves, it will easily rub against the cutting end of the lower anterior teeth, resulting in local ulcer of lingual frenulum.

Because the tongue movement is limited, it may also hinder eating. For children in language development, too short tongue band will hinder the establishment of language pronunciation habits and lead to language ambiguity. Therefore, for the tongue frenulum that is too short, you can relax it early, and make the tongue movement return to normal as much as possible without affecting the eating and speaking functions.

2 What subject does the baby's tongue take to the hospital?

If children's lingual frenulum is too short, they should contact the stomatology department of a regular hospital or the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of a big hospital. The doctor will conduct a detailed clinical examination to see the position of the lingual frenum, the degree of tongue tip movement, or the tongue tip movement when the tongue is extended. This shape is used to diagnose whether the lingual frenum is too short and decide whether to have surgery.

The general treatment principle of lingual frenulum is surgery, which can prolong the lingual frenulum, normalize the movement of the tip of the tongue, restore the anatomical position of lingual frenulum, and do not affect the pronunciation of children. If the lingual frenulum is too short, which affects the activity of the tip of the tongue, it is suggested that the operation be performed in about 12 months. If the operation is too small, it will not do much good to improve pronunciation, but the child is too young to bear the operation and anesthesia. If the child is too old for surgery, it will form bad pronunciation habits. Speech therapy may be needed after operation, and it is generally recommended to operate in about 12 months.