<< could the thick upper frenum cause my daughter's tooth to be turned, or is
it coincidental. and, although i am very familiar with info about the
problems caused by the lingual frenum, there isn't anything in the
information i have about the upper frenums. >>

I suspect the tooth being turned is coincidental UNLESS she had a small mouth
to begin with....whereby the tooth rotated to "fit" in.  My clinical
observations match the published literature stating that BF arches are wider,
less dentally crowded and thus less crowded at age 6-7 when the adult teeth
begin to grow in.
YET....it is possible that the frenum is thick enough and the muscle portion
attached deep enough into the bony ridge (sometimes visible on x-rays) that
an erupting tooth might grow in  with a space (diastema) between the two
central incisors.

Regarding the Upper Frenum....I believe most are a positive factor in that as
the latch occurs and the upper lip everts, turns up-and-out, there is a
forward pull on the lip and frenum which then places "protraction" forces on
the maxilla....very important for forward maxilla & mandbible growth....vs.
SUCKING forces which retract...and are backward "retracting" forces that make
the jaws and airway smaller.

SmileOn,
David C. Page, DDS
SmilePage.com

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