Sileno Tancredi, Paolo De Angelis, Mario Marra, Michele Antonio Lopez, Paolo Francesco Manicone, Pier Carmine Passarelli, Antonino Romeo, Roberta Grassi, Antonio D'Addona
(1) Background: Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie is a condition, in which the tip of tongue cannot protrude beyond the lower incisor teeth because of short frenulum linguae, often containing scar tissue. Limitations of movement are the most important clinical symptoms of this condition, together with feeding, speech, and mechanical problems. (2) Methods: the present study included two groups of patients (group A and group B) including, respectively, 29 and 32 patients (61 patients total), aged from 8 to 12 and presenting ankyloglossia classified according to the Kotlow's classification...
January 4, 2022: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)