Er, Cr:YSGG laser for the treatment of ankyloglossia

Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie is the result of a short and tight lingual frenum causing difficulty in speech, feeding problems in infants due to the limitation of tongue movement. This report presents a case of a 22-year-old female with tongue-tie who complained of difficulty in speech following which...

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Autores principales: Lamba, Arundeep K., Aggarwal, Kamal, Faraz, Farrukh, Tandon, Shruti, Chawla, Kirti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392733
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.163049
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Sumario:Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie is the result of a short and tight lingual frenum causing difficulty in speech, feeding problems in infants due to the limitation of tongue movement. This report presents a case of a 22-year-old female with tongue-tie who complained of difficulty in speech following which she underwent frenectomy procedure with erbium, chromium: yattrium-scandium-gallium-garnet laser without any complications. She was referred to the speech therapist after the procedure.

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