How many days is neonate cut tongue tie?

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Lingual frenulum, commonly known as lingual tendon, refers to the broad strip like tissue between the tongue and the bottom of mouth when children open their mouth and raise their tongue. The normal lingual frenulum can make the tongue extend out of the mouth flexibly, and can lick the middle acupoint or the upper anterior teeth. How many days is neonate cut tongue tie? Let's talk about it

How many days is neonate cut tongue tie?

The operation was performed under local anesthesia. The tongue could be pulled up with a slotted probe, and the frenulum of the tongue was also tense; Use scissors to cut 2-3cm from front to back in the center of the tight lingual frenum. When cutting, the scissors are parallel to the bottom of the mouth; After operation, we can gargle with light saline or chlorhexidine, or take huaxideiodine tablets to prevent infection. The stitches were removed 7 days after operation. So the operation is done.

For babies with short lingual frenulum, infants aged 6-7 months and children aged 6-7 years are two more suitable periods for this operation. Because the lingual frenulum of six to seven month old infants is thin, anesthesia is only carried out on the surface near the lingual frenulum during the operation, and the mucosa of the frenulum can be cut horizontally with small scissors. After the operation, the wound has less bleeding, faster healing, no scar, and the effect is better.

For children aged six or seven, the frenulum should be cut transversely under local anesthesia, and then several stitches should be sewed longitudinally to prevent the formation of gangrene and the formation of too short frenulum of tongue. At this time, the child's intellectual development is relatively sound, can cooperate with the doctor, the postoperative effect is also good, even if the pronunciation is not clear can be quickly corrected.

matters needing attention

Should achieve meat and vegetable balance, dry and fine alternate, rice and flour and coarse grains with. Under normal circumstances, three times a day into the main meal, the main meal into snacks twice, in addition to fruit after dinner, no longer eat, especially before going to bed to avoid sweets, in order to ensure the best sleep state, and can prevent the occurrence of dental caries.