The mom lays on the dentist chair holding her child during procedure.
Lip tie after laser.
A laser maxillary labial frenectomy involves removing the maxillary labial frenum tissue connecting the upper lip to the upper gums often referred to as lip tie.
If the patient is a baby diagnosis is done in conjunction with a lactation consultant or mid wife who will usually be present on the same day as the appointment.
A laser frenectomy is basically the same procedure as a traditional oral frenectomy.
It is a quick procedure performed in the dental chair.
There is little evidence that it improves breastfeeding outcomes and the lip tie can.
A prominent maxillary labial frenum can cause a large gap to occur between the upper two front teeth.
Surprisingly the entire process takes just a few minutes.
The lip tie procedure is called frenectomy.
It is the revision of the tight frenulum either by use of laser or snipping with surgical scissors.
We will use numbing medication during the procedure and the use of a laser means that there is actually very little discomfort anyway.
It can be performed using a laser or a sterilized surgical scissor.
The only difference is that the procedure uses a laser which minimizes the risk of infection and blood loss.
It is a very quick outpatient procedure and is not a surgery.
Your baby can nurse as soon as he she desires to do so after the surgery however it may take 30 45 minutes for any numbing medication to wear off.
In order to facilitate the proper healing of lip and tongue releases following a frenectomy we strongly recommend a regimen of stretches to be done six times a day no more than six hours apart.
Also although laser treatment for lip tie is becoming more common it is expensive and not without risk.
A tongue or lip tie release sometimes called a frenectomy is performed using a medical laser.
In the past a lip tie was snipped with scissors.
Tongue tie and lip tie laser surgery is a relatively simple quick and painless procedure.
Now most healthcare professionals use a laser treatment that reduces the chance of excessive bleeding and is less traumatic for baby.
Preparing for tongue tie revision it s not necessary to do anything to prepare for the procedure.