Hello to all you LActnetters! This is my "maiden voyage" on any kind of
network so I hope I've done this right.

I wanted to add an "and fithermore to the Gal responding to Arly's concern
about tongue-tie. I absolutely agree that oral facial abnormalities can occur
as a result of not treating a true tongue-tie. Malocclusion is just one of
the many oro-facial muscular imbalances that can result.

I like to think of tongue-tie as a dental issue. Therefore, using an
oral-surgeon or a family dentist who has been adequately trained is a
perfectly acceptable way to have frenotomy performed.

MY favorite dentist in my town has done adult frenotomies with no anesthesia
and it was no different than doing a baby!. I often wonder how we can justify
circumcision and not frenotomy in a case where a baby is truly tongue-tied!?!

Since I didn't see Arly's initial remarks, I'm not quite sure what her
concerns were but the research clearly shows that tongue-tie can affect
speech articulation, and contributes to malocclusion, and oro-facial muscular
imbalance. I intend to continue my research to clearly demonstrate that is
aolso contibutes to breastfeeding problems.

What have others observed, how have others gotten baby's treated in their
communities?

Thanks for your input.

Alison Hazelbaker