- When you see a lip tie, there will almost always also be a tongue tie.
- Babies who have lip ties are not able to open up and properly flange their lips, and this can affect their ability to grasp the breast.
- Lip ties may push the two front teeth apart, leading to expensive orthodontic work later. In many cases, if the lip tie is not released, the front teeth will grow apart again after the braces have been removed.
- Tooth decay can be caused by food being pushed into the pockets on either side of a lip tie.
- It may seem trivial, but tongue-tied babies will eventually become tongue-tied children and adults who cannot lick an ice cream cone or French kiss - not trivial to those affected; it is much easier, safer, and less traumatic to fix a tongue tie in infancy than to wait until later childhood or adulthood.
East Berlin Smiles
418 West King Street
East Berlin, PA 17316
(717) 259-9596
EastBerlinSmiles.com
