Now most healthcare professionals use a laser treatment that reduces the chance of excessive bleeding and is less traumatic for baby.
Lip tie after laser.
Lip tie has not been studied as much as tongue tie but treatments for lip ties and tongue ties are very similar.
In the past a lip tie was snipped with scissors.
A prominent maxillary labial frenum can cause a large gap to occur between the upper two front teeth.
There is little evidence that it improves breastfeeding outcomes and the lip tie can.
Tongue tie and lip tie laser surgery is a relatively simple quick and painless procedure.
The lip tie procedure is called frenectomy.
If the patient is a baby diagnosis is done in conjunction with a lactation consultant or mid wife who will usually be present on the same day as the appointment.
It is a quick procedure performed in the dental chair.
It is the revision of the tight frenulum either by use of laser or snipping with surgical scissors.
A tongue or lip tie release sometimes called a frenectomy is performed using a medical laser.
A laser maxillary labial frenectomy involves removing the maxillary labial frenum tissue connecting the upper lip to the upper gums often referred to as lip tie.
Your baby can nurse as soon as he she desires to do so after the surgery however it may take 30 45 minutes for any numbing medication to wear off.
This is not a painful experience for an infant and does not typically require any anesthesia.
It can be performed using a laser or a sterilized surgical scissor.
Preparing for tongue tie revision it s not necessary to do anything to prepare for the procedure.
We will use numbing medication during the procedure and the use of a laser means that there is actually very little discomfort anyway.
A laser frenectomy is basically the same procedure as a traditional oral frenectomy.
The only difference is that the procedure uses a laser which minimizes the risk of infection and blood loss.
It is a very quick outpatient procedure and is not a surgery.
Also although laser treatment for lip tie is becoming more common it is expensive and not without risk.
The mom lays on the dentist chair holding her child during procedure.