Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, refers to an abnormally short lingual frenulum. Ankyloglossia is a recognized but poorly defined condition and has been reported to cause feeding difficulties, dysarthria, dyspnea, and social or mechanical problems. In infants, the most concerning symptoms are feeding difficulties and inability to breastfeed. While a recent trend toward breastfeeding has brought fr...

Lecturer, Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry, Lecturer, Department of Oral Surgery, * Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry, Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital, Vadgaon, Pune 411 041, Maharashtra, India. email: [email protected] Abstract: Healthy teeth & gingival tissues are important for esthetic appearance & good functional ability of a person's face. Abnormal frenal...

Multi-Word Expressions Mean Ratings Modifier Head Ahorn|blatt ‘maple leaf’ maple leaf 5.64 5.71 Blatt|salat ‘green salad’ leaf salad 3.56 5.68 See|zunge ‘sole’ sea tongue 3.57 3.27 Löwen|zahn ‘dandelion’ lion tooth 2.10 2.23 Fliegen|pilz ‘toadstool’ fly/bow tie mushroom 1.93 6.55 Fleisch|wolf ‘meat chopper’ meat wolf 6.00 1.90 an|leuchten ‘illuminate’ anPRT illuminate – 5.95 auf|horchen ‘listen...

TRIAL DESIGN A randomised, parallel group, pragmatic trial. SETTING A large UK maternity hospital. PARTICIPANTS Term infants <2 weeks old with a mild or moderate degree of tongue-tie, and their mothers who were having difficulties breastfeeding. OBJECTIVES To determine if immediate frenotomy was better than standard breastfeeding support. INTERVENTIONS Participants were randomised to an...

This study presents a novel ultrasound method for exploring the mechanical deformability of artificial tongue models (ATMs) topped with agar and/or gelatin food gels during uniaxial compression. The ATMs were made from polyvinyl alcohol and displayed different levels rigidity surface roughness. We quantified deformation ATM-food system as it underwent compression induced by texture analyzer. co...