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Frenulectomy … from a mom’s point of view

Frenulectomy … from a mom’s point of view

By Schumacher & Bauer, DDS|2023-06-23T13:24:16-04:00April 2nd, 2019|Our Team|

I’m here to talk to you about a frenulectomy procedure to correct a tongue-tie and my own personal experience with it. A frenulectomy (or frenectomy) is when the small portion of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth is lasered or cut away so that the child, or adult, has more [...]

Understanding the frenectomy procedure

Understanding the frenectomy procedure

By Schumacher & Bauer, DDS|2023-06-23T14:08:28-04:00March 12th, 2018|Our Team|

Do you have a large space (called a diastema) between your front teeth? Do you know that sometimes a diastema is caused by a large low attached frenum? Some patients decide to request a frenectomy to correct a gap in their teeth. Everyone has attachments of tissue that hold our lips to our gums called [...]