An Alternative Method to Treat Ankyloglossia

Ankyloglossia entails short lingual frenum, impairing satisfactory tongue movement and leading to problems related to deglutition, feeding and diction. This clinical report uses laser technology, rather than traditional surgical procedure with scalpel, to perform a lingual frenulotomy on a 9-year ol...

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Published inThe Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 319 - 321
Main Authors Nicoloso, Gabriel Ferreira, dos Santos, Iuri Silveira, Flores, Jorge Abel, da Silveira, Bruno Lopes, Oliveira, Marta Dutra Machado
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry 01.01.2016
Subjects
Ankyloglossia - physiopathology
Ankyloglossia - surgery
Child
Dentistry
Humans
Sutures
lasers
ankyloglossia
surgery
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Summary:Ankyloglossia entails short lingual frenum, impairing satisfactory tongue movement and leading to problems related to deglutition, feeding and diction. This clinical report uses laser technology, rather than traditional surgical procedure with scalpel, to perform a lingual frenulotomy on a 9-year old child diagnosed with ankyloglossia, aiming to investigate more conservative and less traumatic dental procedures. Due to the many advantages of the laser device, such as bloodless surgical field, absence of sutures, minimal swelling and post-surgical pain, the high intensity diode laser is a viable alternative technique in soft tissue surgeries.
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ISSN:1053-4628
1557-5268
DOI:10.17796/1053-4628-40.4.319