Larry Kotlow, DDS has just published in JHL on the causal relationship between dental caries in infants who nurse ad lib at night and a tight labial frenum. He believes that in some babies, milk gets trapped by the frenum and causes the top front teeth to decay on the facial surface. 

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC




 

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