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Sun, 15 Oct 1995 11:09:45 -0400 |
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Occasionally, when a less skillful practitioner performs a frenotomy and
causes more than normal bleeding, a silver nitrate stick is used to cauterize
the tissue and stop bleeding. This can leave a whitish, discolored area
where the procedure was done. (Probably makes the mouth much sorer than
normal, too. That stuff burns--alter all, that's what cautery is.) If I
have any input into the referral, I suggest a group of oral surgeons here,
all of whom do a wonderful job. Some of the peds refer to a couple of ped.
surgeons, who seem to have little experience with frenotomy, and those babies
occasionally get the silver nitrate treatment.
Judy D in WV
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