Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) establishes that breast-feeding must be promoted, supported, and protected due to its benefits in maternal child health for the economic, environmental, family community it produces. Case Report: Ankyloglossia newborn can cause early cessation of breastfeeding. A clinical case a 2-month-old baby, referred surgical team Dental Service Pereira Ros...

Consider treatment when the infant is having difficulty breastfeeding. Infants with mild to moderate tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia, are likely to breastfeed successfully and usually require no treatment (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, a prospective controlled trial and a case-control study). However, mothers of infants with any degree of tongue-tie who have difficulty with breastfeeding de...

AIM To produce a simple tool with good transferability to provide a consistent assessment of tongue appearance and function in infants with tongue-tie. METHODS The Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool (BTAT) was developed based on clinical practice and with reference to the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (ATLFF). This paper documents 224 tongue assessments using the BTAT. ...

ABSTRACT Purpose: evaluate the influence of frenotomy on breastfeeding newborns diagnosed with ankyloglossia. Methods: this is an intervention study performed 50 It was conducted in three stages: diagnosis, and reassessment. In diagnostic phase, Protocol for Assessment Speech Language Scores Babies applied to diagnose ankyloglossia a questionnaire assessing symptoms coordination sucking, swallo...